Help please!! Error code 0x81000202 and also problem with virtual disc service not starting.

Question

Hi I recently bought a new hard drive and have installed it into my computer everything is working great until I go to format it in disc managment. I start it up and it says it disc managment cant start vds and will then not display any of my hard drives. I went into device manager and my new hard drive is listed there so it does work, i went into services to see if that was the the problem and virtual disc service was stopped I tried to start it but it says error 3, the system cannot find the file specified I was baffled by this so decided to do a sytem restore well i could not because this error came up 0x81000202 volume shaow copy service wont start So seeing this i went back into the services again to start volume shadow copy service and that dam error (error 3, the system cannot find the file specified) came up. Please someone help I really need this hard drive up and running as I play alot of games and have no space left hardly on my hard drive if you can also throw me some imfo about fixing system restore that would be cool to but i need to format this dam hard drive

Answer 1

Hi

Follow the instructions below which might help you in resolving the issue.

Method 1:

1.      Logon as an administrator.

2.      Click start.

3.      Type in services.msc  in the start search and hit Enter.

4.      Locate Virtual Disk Service and make its startup type as manual.

5.      Click on recovery tab, make Second failure as “Take No Action” and Subsequent failure as  “Take No Action”.

6.      Click on OK.

Check if the issue is resolved.

Method 2:

Perform System File Checker (SFC) scan which might help you in resolving the issue.

To determine whether the issue that you are experiencing is caused by one or more system files that are used by Windows Vista, run the System File Checker tool. The System File Checker tool scans system files and replaces incorrect versions of the system files by using the correct versions.

To determine whether the issue that you are experiencing is caused by one or more system files that are used by Windows Vista, run the System File Checker tool. The System File Checker tool scans system files and replaces incorrect versions of the system files by using the correct versions.

To run the System File Checker tool, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
2. Right-click cmd in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Continue

1. At the command prompt, the following line, and then press ENTER:

sfc /scannow

When the scan is complete, test to see whether the issue that you are experiencing is resolved. If the issue that you are experiencing is not resolved, use the procedure that is described in the "The System Restore tool" section.

Follow the instructions in the link below for more information on SFC scan.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936212/

Check if the issue is resolved.

Method 3:

1.      Logon as an administrator.

2.      Click start.

3.      Type in services.msc  in the start search and hit Enter.

4.      Locate "Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider" and right click on it.

5.      Select start and click on ok.

6.      Now try to start "Volume Shadow Copy” service.

Check if the issue is resolved.

If that does not work, try to start the Volume shadow copy service from elevated command prompt by following the instructions.

1.      Click on start.

2.      Type in cmd and press enter.

3.      In the command prompt type in the following and press enter.

net start vss

Check if the issue is resolved.

Method 4:

Let us try to disable the antivirus/firewall and check if it is working. If it works, please contact the security program manufacturer for further assistance.

Note: Running the computer without firewall or the anti-virus software is potential threat to the computer, make sure to enable the security software’s after completing the troubleshooting and identifying the issue.

Method 5:

Follow the instructions to perform the chkdsk, which might help you in resolving the issue.

1. Click Start, type cmd in the Start Search box, right-click cmd in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
2. At the command prompt, type Chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.
3. Press Y when you are prompted to check the disk next time that the system restarts.
4. Close all applications, and then restart the computer.

Note During the restart process, Windows checks the disk for errors and then starts.

Check if the issue is resolved.

You may refer the link below.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771775.aspx

Please post back and let us know if this has helped to resolve your issue.

Regards,

KarthiK TP

Answer 2

congo the 3rd method worked bingo