“No free space” Error When Trying To Backup/Copy Disk

Scenario

You perform Backup to VD or Copy Hard Disk operations, and get the following error:

Error: 69923 (0x11123)
VSS specific error: The VSS provider cannot perform the operation because there is not enough disk space.
Please see the system and application event logs for more information.

Reason

This error appears because there’s not enough space to create VSS snapshot on one of involved partitions, such as vendor/recovery partitions about 100-200 MB in size.

Solution 1

Disable Hot Processing (HDM15 and earlier).

Solution 2

Perform operations from Recovery Media.

Backup, Backup & Recovery, Copy, Drive Copy, Functions, Hard Disk Manager™ for Windows, Products for Windows, Recovery Media, RMB: WinPE
Tags: backup, copy, error, space, VSS

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