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0xC03A0006: ERROR_VHD_SPARSE_HEADER_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH

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

0xC03A0006 = 3,225,026,566 = -1069940730

HRESULT 0xC03A0006

ERROR_VHD_SPARSE_HEADER_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH

The virtual hard disk is corrupted. The sparse header checksum does not match the on-disk checksum.

Severity (bit 31)1: failure
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
NTSTATUS inside (bit 28)0
Facility58 (0x03A) USERMODE_VHD
Code6 (0x0006)

NTSTATUS 0xC03A0006

STATUS_VHD_SPARSE_HEADER_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH

The virtual hard disk is corrupted. The sparse header checksum does not match the on-disk checksum.

Becomes the Win32 error: 3225026566

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility58 (0x03A)
Code6 (0x0006)