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What can I do about Windows 7 Backup error 0x81000037, apparently caused by reparse points?

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I've been getting this error: 0x81000037: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one of the volumes being backed up trying to take a Windows backup of my workstation (Windows 7 Professional x64) The MS Knowledge Base article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973455 prov…

Error Output

Volume in drive C is Boot SSD
Volume Serial Number is 9066-FF1C

Directory of C:\

2009-07-14 06:08 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users]
0 Fi…

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Fix for: What can I do about Windows 7 Backup error 0x81000037, apparently caused by reparse points?

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What Microsoft says If you read the MSKB article you linked more closely, you will see that error apparently "occurs if the reparse point is a mounted volume that contains compressed files (for example, multimedia files, .zip files, and so on)" (emp…

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