How can I resolve "VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO" error

[ceje]

I've gone through several posts that don't completely address my situation. If someone could review this information and give me some troubleshooting ideas, I'd really appreciate it. TIA

I'm getting the errors bolded below:
2006-11-15 10:02:48 : ************************************************************
2006-11-15 10:02:48 : Profile Started.
2006-11-15 10:02:48 : ************************************************************
2006-11-15 10:02:48 : Version: ViceVersa PRO 2 Build 2010 (SN30)
2006-11-15 10:02:48 : Command Line: "C:\Program Files\ViceVersa Pro 2\ViceVersa.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\ViceVersa PRO 2\QuickBooksEtc.fsf" /autoexec
2006-11-15 10:02:48 : System: Windows XP (Professional), (Terminal Services in Remote Admin Mode), (Uniprocessor Free), (x86-32 Processor) v5.1 Build:2600 Service Pack:2
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2006-11-15 10:03:22 : Initializing Volume Shadow Copy DLL ...

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++++ What is error "VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO"
++++ Which leads to the next error "being used by another process"
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2006-11-15 10:03:22 : Creating Volume Shadow Copy for C: ... [Volume Shadow Copy creation failed for C:. VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO] Error.
2006-11-15 10:03:30 : [Volume Shadow Copy creation failed for C:. VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO] Error.
2006-11-15 10:03:30 : Copying file C:\Documents and Settings\Default\Favorites\Data\EEI Time Tracking.xls <to> E:\Documents and Settings\Default\Favorites\Data\EEI Time Tracking.xls (1.07MB) [Can not open "C:\Documents and Settings\Default\Favorites\Data\EEI Time Tracking.xls". The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.] [ERROR].
2006-11-15 10:03:30 : Copying file C:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\calendr.pub <to> E:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\calendar.pub (257.50KB) (Overwriting) ... ... CRC check ... [OK].
2006-11-15 10:03:30 : Copying file C:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\ViceVersa PRO 2\QuickBooksEtc.fsf <to> E:\Documents and Settings\Default\My Documents\ViceVersa PRO 2\QuickBooksEtc.fsf (11.01KB) (Overwriting) ... ... CRC check ... [OK].


I've run the following vssadmin queries:
C:\Documents and Settings\Default>vssadmin list shadows
vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.

No shadow copies present in the system.

C:\Documents and Settings\Default>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'MSDEWriter'
Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277}
Writer Instance Id: {5849ab2b-bfb6-4fb9-abb3-61b305927e45}
State: [1] Stable

Writer name: 'Microsoft Writer (Bootable State)'
Writer Id: {f2436e37-09f5-41af-9b2a-4ca2435dbfd5}
Writer Instance Id: {2c919960-f373-49f7-8732-7afb52a7fdcd}
State: [1] Stable

Writer name: 'Microsoft Writer (Service State)'
Writer Id: {e38c2e3c-d4fb-4f4d-9550-fcafda8aae9a}
Writer Instance Id: {49a745e5-6b51-4f4d-a8c5-22ba5a2a030c}
State: [1] Stable

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
Writer Instance Id: {99e4b582-41b9-4baa-883d-00b383179e3a}
State: [1] Stable


C:\Documents and Settings\Default>vssadmin list providers
vssadmin 1.0 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.

Provider name: 'MS Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0'
Provider type: System
Provider Id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
Version: 1.0.0.7

[TGRMN Software]

The error VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO appears if the file being copied is on a FAT32 partition and either there is no NTFS partition on an internal drive or that NTFS partition has less than 100MB of free disk space.
Open and locked files can be copied from FAT32 partitions only if there is also an NTFS partition on an internal drive (it cannot be an external drive) and this internal drive has enough free disk space.
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[ceje]

Thanks for the quick answer. That is exactly what is happening. I'll have to see about converting the 2 drives on the system (one is the source and the other is the target) from FAT32 to NTFS. I hope it's a simple task.