Active Directory Sytem State Backup Error

Hi,
Iam trying to take a system state backup of AD on windows 2003 Enterprise server 64 bit.
Dell Power edge 1855 Blade Server

I first tried tried to backup from the original hard drive--no go.

I Mirrored the hard disk and tried to backup from the mirrored one still its giving an error
It is giving the following error message
Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "11-10-2010.bkf created 10/17/2010 at 3:57 PM"

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Backup (via shadow copy) of "System State"
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 10/17/2010 at 3:57 PM"
Media name: "11-10-2010.bkf created 10/17/2010 at 3:57 PM"

Backup Type: Copy

Backup started on 10/17/2010 at 3:57 PM.
WARNING: Portions of "\Boot Files\C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SPEECHENGINES\MICROSOFT\TTS\1033\sam.spd" cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete.
This file will not restore correctly.
Warning: Unable to open "C:\PROGRAM FILES\COMMON FILES\SPEECHENGINES\MICROSOFT\TTS\1033\spttseng.dll" - skipped.
Reason: The system cannot find the file specified.

Error: Could not access portions of directory System State\COM+ Class Registration Database.
You may not have permission to open the file, or the directory may be missing or damaged.
Please contact the owner or administrator.


Error: Could not access portions of directory System State\Registry.
You may not have permission to open the file, or the directory may be missing or damaged.
Please contact the owner or administrator.

Backup completed on 10/17/2010 at 3:58 PM.
Directories: 238
Files: 170
Corrupt: 1
Bytes: 201,178,454
Time: 29 seconds

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Backup Status
Operation: Backup
Active backup destination: File
Media name: "11-10-2010.bkf created 10/17/2010 at 3:59 PM"

Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
Backup (via shadow copy) of "System State"
Backup set #1 on media #1
Backup description: "Set created 10/17/2010 at 3:59 PM"
Media name: "11-10-2010.bkf created 10/17/2010 at 3:59 PM"

Backup Type: Copy

Backup started on 10/17/2010 at 3:59 PM.
WARNING: Portions of "\Registry\software" cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete.
This file will not restore correctly.
Could not access portions of directory System State\Registry.
You may not have permission to open the file, or the directory may be missing or damaged.
Please contact the owner or administrator.

Iam unable to figure it out!!!!

Make sure the "Volume Shadow Copy" service is set to "Manual". Hopefully its only that.

I updated the firmware for the scsi drives from the manufacturers website and checked for drivers update.What else can i do for a backup.I had the drive on RAID 1 but when i tried to backup from the mirrored one still the same issue.

You never mentioned if you checked the VSS service so I'm going to assume to did.

Maybe try and update VSS. This is the service responsible for backing up files even if they are in use which seems to be your problem.

support.microsoft.com/kb/887827

There might be even more recent VSS patches.