Macrium Reflect uses the Windows Volume Shadow Services (VSS) to take snapshots of the file system prior to taking images and backing up files. As a result of this, Macrium Reflect is not supported on Windows operating systems prior to Windows XP SP1 and Server 2003 since they do not incorporate this service.
Use the table below to see possible solutions to common VSS errors:
VSS Error
0x8000fff
Backup aborted! - Failed To Create Volume Snapshot
0x80042306
Volume Shadow Copy Error
0x8004230f
0x80042318
Failed to Create Volume Snapshot
0x8004231f
0x80042301
Failed to Create Volume snapshot
0x80042317
0x800423f3
Selected writer 'WMI Writer' is in failed state!