Unable to Enable VSC for Data Drive

On a brand new Windows2008 R2 server I receive this error when trying to enable Volume Shadow Copy:
Failed to create the storage area association
Error 0x8004231d:
the specified shadow copy storage association is in use and so can't be deleted
the server has a 65GB C: drive for the OS, a 3,000GB data drive and a 350GB Drive reserved for VSC recovery points. When I try to enable VSC and set the target to the shadow drive it always fails with this error. What is wrong and how can I fix it quickly

Hi,
Have a try on one of below steps:
run “vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=c: /on=d: /maxsize=2500mb”
This will set Partition D: for Storage area for Partition C: with size limit of 2500mb (The number can be changed by reqirement) 
OR
Run vssadmin delete shadowStorage /for=C: /on=C:
Run vssadmin add shadowstorage /for=C: /on=D: /maxsize=2500mb
Note: If Volume Shadow Copy back to work, any step above will delete snapshots.
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