Still not working but log slightly different:-
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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
D:\XP Utilities\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup>
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CD /D C:\
C:\>
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"C:\WINDOWS.0\temp\vss_start.bat"
C:\>set path=C:\WINDOWS.0\system32;C:\WINDOWS.0;C:\WINDOWS.0\System32\Wbem;D:\XP Utilities\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files
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C:\>"D:\XP Utilities\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\vss_xp.exe" -script="C:\WINDOWS.0\temp\vss-setvar.bat" -exec="C:\WINDOWS.0\temp\vss.bat" C:
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VSHADOW.EXE 2.2 - Volume Shadow Copy sample client
Copyright (C) 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
(Option: Generate SETVAR script 'C:\WINDOWS.0\temp\vss-setvar.bat')
(Option: Execute binary/script after shadow creation 'C:\WINDOWS.0\temp\vss.bat')
(Option: Create shadow copy set)
(Gathering writer metadata...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
Initialize writer metadata ...
Discover directly excluded components ...
- Excluding writer 'MSDEWriter' since it has no selected components for restore.
Discover components that reside outside the shadow set ...
Discover all excluded components ...
Discover excluded writers ...
Discover explicitly included components ...
Verifying explicitly specified writers/components ...
Select explicitly included components ...
* Writer 'Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)':
- Add component \COM+ Registration Database
- Add component \Registry
* Writer 'Microsoft Writer (Service State)':
- Add component \Content Indexing Service
- Add component \Config Directory
- Add component \Event Logs
* Writer 'WMI Writer':
- Add component \WMI
Creating shadow set {16c645e6-153f-43e9-be58-a65f31c384a2} ...
- Adding volume \\?\Volume{9f4c9fb1-a54c-11dc-8c0f-806d6172696f}\ [C:\] to the shadow set...
Preparing for backup ...
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
Creating the shadow (DoSnapshotSet) ...
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
ERROR: Selected writer 'Microsoft Writer (Service State)' is in failed state!
- Status: 8 (VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_SNAPSHOT)
- Writer Failure code: 0x800423f4 (<Unknown error code>)
- Writer ID: {e38c2e3c-d4fb-4f4d-9550-fcafda8aae9a}
- Instance ID: {03404525-b5c5-4434-850d-86e8a8c385c1}
C:\>
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Closed. No longer reading pipes.
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Charmin