Error [0x80070003] The system cannot find the path specified

Question

We have Windows 2012 Server hosting 2 VMs - Domain Controller & RDS.  We have been doing Windows Server Backup incremental and have an ongoing issue with scheduled backups each night.  The backup shows completed with warnings and generates
2 log files.
The first log files shows:  
Backup of volume \\?\Volume{5d46f853-5db2-11e2-93e7-806e6f6e6963}\ succeeded.
Backup of volume C: succeeded.
Backup of volume F: succeeded.
Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: ACBCD71E-A8CA-4672-B951-52C1BE8444BE
   Caption     : Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\FMLRDS1
   Logical Path: 
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: Host Component
   Caption     : Host Component
   Logical Path: 
The 2nd log file more often than not shows:  
Backup of volume E: has failed. Backup failed as shadow copy on source volume got deleted. This might caused by high write activity on the volume. Please retry the backup. If the issue persists consider increasing shadow copy storage using 'VSSADMIN Resize
ShadowStorage' command.
Error in backup of E:\ during enumerate: Error [0x80070003] The system cannot find the path specified.
Application backup
Writer Id: {66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE}
   Component: 2B4A9541-C88B-442E-9A7A-6D8A27342C11
   Caption     : Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\FMLDC1
   Logical Path: 
   Error           : 8078010D
   Error Message   : Enumeration of the files failed.
   Detailed Error  : 80070003
   Detailed Error Message : (null)
We had been getting a successful backup once or twice a week which showed completed (with no mentioned of warnings) but now it regularly shows completed with warnings as noted above.  
We did a manual full backup of the DC to a different external drive a few days ago and that completed without warnings and the backup shows:  E: Completed 63.38 Full - VSS Copy Backup Successful, 8/27/13 3:35 PM - 4:43 PM. Data Transferred 63.38
On a side note, we can view the logs in the windows/logs/windowsserverbackup directory but when we attempt to view the details of a log file through the Local Backup Console for any log which shows completed with errors, we get a "MMC has detected an
error in the snapin and will unload and then it shows Object referenced not set to instance of an object."  The manual backup noted above that was successful is able to be viewed through the Local Backup Console without this error.  
Any idea as to why this is failing during the scheduled backups?  This hosts a database that we need to have regular successful backups.

Answer 1

Hi,
First please follow the steps below to re-register dll files. Detailed information could be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940032:
1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. 
2. Type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER after you type each command. 
3. cd /d %windir%\system32 
4. Net stop vss 
5. Net stop swprv 
6. regsvr32 ole32.dll 
7. regsvr32 oleaut32.dll 
8. regsvr32 vss_ps.dll 
9. vssvc /register 
10. regsvr32 /i swprv.dll 
11. regsvr32 /i eventcls.dll 
12. regsvr32 es.dll 
13. regsvr32 stdprov.dll 
14. regsvr32 vssui.dll 
15. regsvr32 msxml.dll 
16. regsvr32 msxml3.dll 
17. regsvr32 msxml4.dll 
Please let us know if any command failed to be performed with an error.
If issue still exists, have a try with the step it provided "VSSADMIN Resize ShadowStorage" to enlarge the shadow storage.
Also you could test to delete all old Shadow Copies by acccessing <Drive> Properties --> Shaodow Copies --> Delete Now. This will remove all your backup information so if it is not acceptable, just skip this step.
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