Windows Server Backup won't progress

Hello,
Recently, wbadmin on our Windows2008 std. can’t complete its backup (seems breezed at the 30% ….). I tried to start wbadmin  by command line but breezed (at 30%) .  I also checked if there are any bad sectors on the volumes. I ran the chkdsk  but
no bad sectors.  I looked logs at C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup ,but there are no “Critical”, “Warning”,” Error” types logs.
I am taking two volumes backup (D (160Gb) and F(150GB)) from this server.  It usually finish it about 6 hours but not now.  
Can you please help me ? 

Hello Frank,
Last two days, I tested Windows Server Backup from Wizard.
When I chose only one volume (F drive), it was successful.
However, I started three volumes(C: D, F), the backup stopped with error code 2155348001.
Today, I am going to test this procedure below:
- Run regedit.exe and navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SPP"
- Create a new Registry value of type DWORD with name "CreateTimeout"
- Change value to 12000000(2*10*60*1000 = 20 mins) in decimal
I will give you update when backup finishes. 
Thank you,

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