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0xC03A0017: ERROR_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_SIZE_MISMATCH

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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

0xC03A0017 = 3,225,026,583 = -1069940713

HRESULT 0xC03A0017

ERROR_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_SIZE_MISMATCH

The chain of virtual hard disks is corrupted. There is a mismatch in the virtual sizes of the parent virtual hard disk and differencing disk.

Severity (bit 31)1: failure
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
NTSTATUS inside (bit 28)0
Facility58 (0x03A) USERMODE_VHD
Code23 (0x0017)

NTSTATUS 0xC03A0017

STATUS_VHD_CHILD_PARENT_SIZE_MISMATCH

The chain of virtual hard disks is corrupted. There is a mismatch in the virtual sizes of the parent virtual hard disk and differencing disk.

Becomes the Win32 error: 3225026583

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility58 (0x03A)
Code23 (0x0017)