VolSnap 25 Error

Hello. First pc:
13900K stock
2x16 GB DDR5 GSKILL 6800
Rtx 4090 Gigabyte Gaming
Aorus Elite Z790 AX
SSD KINGSTON 2TB
Seasonic 1300W PX ATX 3.0 PCIE 5.
win 11

I run some few games. After finish i check event logs.
Today i found in event log: VolSnap 25 Error

The shadow copies of volume C: were deleted because the shadow copy storage could not grow in time. Consider reducing the IO load on the system or choose a shadow copy storage volume that is not being shadow copied.


What it does mean? Should i worry or ignore it?

Per the Windows Club

volsnap Event ID 25​

It’s triggered when the load on the IO is very high or the shadow copy storage is being copied. In simple words when there is a backup going on, and another backup gets triggered trying to backup the backup, this increases the load and results in failure.

Since the IO load is high IT admins need to formulate a strategy where the backup schedules are spanned across the time to ensure there is no clash. According to Microsoft, you can run the following commands on the host machine to place the shadow copy on another disk:

vssadmin add shadowstorage /For=<driveletter> /On=<destinationdriveletter> /MaxSize=UNBOUNDED
vssadmin resize shadowstorage /For=<driveletter> /On=<destinationdriveletter> /MaxSize=UNBOUNDED
Make sure to increase the amount of RAM and resources.
reference Fix VOLSNAP Event ID error on Windows computers

So its not hardware issue or something?

How full is that 2 tb drive? Are these errors happening at a time when a system restore point is being created, ie during a windows update or manually OR when using imaging/backware software?

1tb free space. It happened during launching/running some of the games. I cant say which. But i launched and play for a moment in few games.

So you're not actually getting a BSOD or crash??? What symptoms in the system (if any) do you observe when these errors occur and do these errors occur only when gaming? I'm not a gamer myself but I suspect (OK I'm guessing) that if the errors only occur in gaming it might have something to do with saved games. I'm sure one of the gamers here will step in and clarify that.

I will say this. Unless you are actually experiencing issues, I strongly suggest you do not try to run down every error you see in event viewer. The event viewer can be a daunting experience, because all healthy Windows operating systems are constantly generating events and errors, and Windows is designed to overcome those events without the user even being aware a problem occurred. That is the way Windows is designed.

Not actually getting a BSOD or crash, nothing. Just saw that entry.