System Image Fails on Windows 8.1 Pro

Creating an image fails giving the error message shown in the attachment. I found that the Virtual Disk and Volume Shadow Copy services were set to manual so I started them and changed startup to automatic. The failure remains as shown. Then, I rebooted and again got the same error message. It fails when using an external hard drive or DVDs
Has anyone experienced something similar when attempting to create an image and managed to overcome it?
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I attempted to install the suggested update, but it would not install as I have recently installed 8.1. I am beginning to suspect that the problem lies in the 8.1 package in that it needs a specific update similar to the one for 8. I examined source and destination drives in disk manager and found that the free space is not the issue. All free space greatly exceeds the minimum levels. I also checked usn journal size and that is not an issue either. It might be wise to wait for a bit to see if upcoming updates will fix the problem. My last successful update was last week when I still had Windows 8. I have backup imaging set every Wednesday.
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<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}" />
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<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
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<Execution ProcessID="1796" ThreadID="4016" />
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<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
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<Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348010</Data>
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<EventRecordID>2090</EventRecordID>
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<Execution ProcessID="5004" ThreadID="3976" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Admin-VAIO</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
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<Data Name="BackupTime">2010-12-26T02:58:55.413502900Z</Data>
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<Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348010</Data>
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Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}" />
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<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-12-26T02:56:51.581285500Z" />
<EventRecordID>2089</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="5004" ThreadID="3744" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Admin-VAIO</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
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<Data Name="ErrorCode">2155348010</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348010</Data>
</EventData>
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My Book Essential External HDD.
Please help me as i tried the following but still the problem exists:
1. Stripped the drive to 2Tb
2. Stripped the drive to 1Tb
3. Formatted the drive in Windows to NTFS
Laptop Info:
Windows 7 Professional
64-bit
i5 CPU, 2.53Ghz
4Gb RAM
Thanks,
Grr

Hi,
If there is no error after the disk checking, please temporary disable antivirus, update BIOS and device drivers such as hard drive from computer manufacturer’s
website to check the result.
If the issue persists, I suggest you boot in Safe Mode, and clear the temp folder. Delete every files that can be deleted.
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In addition, the following threads would be helpful as well.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistaapps/thread/7b64e871-71be-4c5d-a4a3-502744da978b
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itprovistaapps/thread/9e5b22f1-8fb3-4d70-8f79-b92c7dc6e840
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