I am attempting to run a backup on a Server 2012 Essentials machine and keep getting the same error -

Backup of volume C: has failed. The operation failed due to a device error encountered with either the source or the destination. If the source or destination volume is on a disk, run CHKDSK /R on the source or destination volume, and then retry the operation.

I have tried running CHKDSK /R on both the drive that is being backed up and the hard drive that being written to.  I have also ran sfc /scannow.  There have been no errors.  I have installed the hotfix from here.  I keep getting the same error. 

The server has no VM's.  I have ran the backup using the wbadmin command, from task scheduler, and from the wizard in the wbadmin console.  I have tried doing a full server backup and have tried backing up just the c: drive.  It always fails around 3% of the way through the c: drive.

Are you getting this error msg form the event log viewer?  Applications and Services>Microsoft>windows>backup?

C: is not full? 

C: is not full.  It's about 70% free.  

The F: drive (backup drive) should have at least 13% free space after the backup.

The error I posted is what gets saved in a notepad file at C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup

The event log says:

The backup operation that started at '2015-04-30T16:11:30.262637200Z' has failed with following error code '0x80780049' (None of the items included in backup were backed up.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

The event details says:

+

System

- Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Backup [ Guid] {1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}

EventID 5

Version 3

Level 2

Task 0

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x4000000000000000

- TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2015-04-30T16:19:11.148108500Z

EventRecordID 67

Correlation

- Execution [ ProcessID] 4388 [ ThreadID] 4408

Channel Microsoft-Windows-Backup

Computer CDELServer.CDEL.local

- Security [ UserID] S-1-5-18

-

EventData

BackupTemplateID

{540069AB-406A-4669-BE9D-C2A1DBF1F44E}

HRESULT

0x80780049

DetailedHRESULT

0x0

ErrorMessage

%%2155348041

BackupState

12

BackupTime

2015-04-30T16:11:30.262637200Z

BackupTarget

F:

NumOfVolumes

1

VolumesInfo

<VolumeInfo><VolumeInfoItem Name="C:" OriginalAccessPath="C:" State="12" HResult="-2139619027" DetailedHResult="-2147023779" PreviousState="9" IsCritical="1" IsIncremental="0" BlockLevel="1" HasFiles="0" HasSystemState="0" IsCompacted="0" IsPruned="0" IsRecreateVhd="0" FullBackupReason="12" DataTransferred="13736804352" NumUnreadableBytes="0" TotalSize="404709244928" TotalNoOfFiles="0" Flags="1544" BackupTypeDetermined="1" SSBTotalNoOfFiles="0" SSBTotalSizeOnDisk="0" /></VolumeInfo>

SourceSnapStartTime

2015-04-30T16:11:30.247010400Z

SourceSnapEndTime

2015-04-30T16:12:22.526737700Z

PrepareBackupStartTime

<TimesList><Time Time="2015-04-30T16:12:34.230Z" /></TimesList>

PrepareBackupEndTime

<TimesList><Time Time="2015-04-30T16:12:34.715Z" /></TimesList>

BackupWriteStartTime

<TimesList><Time Time="2015-04-30T16:12:34.715Z" /></TimesList>

BackupWriteEndTime

<TimesList><Time Time="2015-04-30T16:18:58.367Z" /></TimesList>

TargetSnapStartTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

TargetSnapEndTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

DVDFormatStartTime

<TimesList></TimesList>

DVDFormatEndTime

<TimesList></TimesList>

MediaVerifyStartTime

<TimesList></TimesList>

MediaVerifyEndTime

<TimesList></TimesList>

BackupPreviousState

9

ComponentStatus

<ComponentStatus></ComponentStatus>

ComponentInfo

<ComponentInfo></ComponentInfo>

SSBEnumerateStartTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

SSBEnumerateEndTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

SSBVhdCreationStartTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

SSBVhdCreationEndTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

SSBBackupStartTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

SSBBackupEndTime

1601-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z

SystemStateBackup

<SystemState IsPresent="0" HResult="0" DetailedHResult="0" />

BMR

<BMR IsPresent="0" HResult="0" DetailedHResult="0" />

VssFullBackup

false

UserInputBMR

false

UserInputSSB

false

BackupSuccessLogPath

C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-30-04-2015_16-11-30.log

BackupFailureLogPath

C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-30-04-2015_16-11-30.log

EnumerateBackupStartTime

<TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>

EnumerateBackupEndTime

<TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>

PruneBackupStartTime

<TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>

PruneBackupEndTime

<TimesList><Time Time="1601-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" /></TimesList>

BackupFlags

0x9

ComponentInfoSummary

<ComponentInfoSummary ComponentInfoArrayPresent="1" TotalComponents="0" SucceededComponents="0" />

What hotfix is that, all I get is the exe file .  This is 2012 essentials, not 2008r2? :)

What/where is the target drive?  A USB drive?  Have any other USB drives to try?  Clean drives?