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0x40000014: STATUS_CHECKING_FILE_SYSTEM

Windows Error Code Lookup: Decode Windows error codes: Win32, HRESULT (0x80070005), NTSTATUS, Windows Update, msiexec and blue-screen stop codes, with what to check next.

Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0x40000014 = 1,073,741,844

NTSTATUS 0x40000014

STATUS_CHECKING_FILE_SYSTEM

Checking file system on %wZ

%1, %2… are where Windows fills in details such as a file or program name.

Becomes the Win32 error: 712ERROR_CHECKING_FILE_SYSTEM: Checking file system on %wZ

Severity (bits 30-31)1: Informational
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility0 (0x000)
Code20 (0x0014)