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0xC0000169: STATUS_DISK_RECALIBRATE_FAILED

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

0xC0000169 = 3,221,225,833 = -1073741463

NTSTATUS 0xC0000169

STATUS_DISK_RECALIBRATE_FAILED

{Hard Disk Error} While accessing the hard disk, a recalibrate operation failed, even after retries.

Becomes the Win32 error: 1126ERROR_DISK_RECALIBRATE_FAILED: While accessing the hard disk, a recalibrate operation failed, even after retries.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility0 (0x000)
Code361 (0x0169)