Laptop BitLocker failing on drive with VSS resource exhaustion

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The system has run out of memory or handles to manage the shadow copy.

Symptoms
  • "Out of memory" error
  • System hang
  • BitLocker crash
Possible Causes
  • Low RAM
  • Too many open files
  • Memory leaks

Step-by-Step Fix

1

Increase Page File

Ensure the system has enough virtual memory.

2

Close Background Apps

Free up RAM for the VSS service.

3

Check for Handle Leaks

Use Task Manager to see if a process is consuming thousands of handles.

When to See a Technician

VSS requires a significant amount of non-paged pool memory during snapshot creation.

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