VSS based backup operations (windows 7 Backup) not working (Error 0x81000019)

[Windows 11]

Backing up my system using Windows Backup is not working. i have figured out why, I am just not sure how to go about solving the issue. VSS operations are failing with 0x81000019, which from my research, means that VSS is not finding enough space for operations. I have 4Tb for my primary and a 1Tb+intel optane from my secondary. both drives still have A LOT of space still, so that is not the issue. I ran Acronis VSS doctor, and it found that VSS was trying to perform operations on my recovery partitions (setup by MSI for factory recovery) and running out of free space. While i definitely would

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