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0xC03A001A: ERROR_VIRTUAL_DISK_LIMITATION

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

0xC03A001A = 3,225,026,586 = -1069940710

HRESULT 0xC03A001A

ERROR_VIRTUAL_DISK_LIMITATION

The requested operation could not be completed due to a virtual disk system limitation. Virtual hard disk files must be uncompressed and unencrypted and must not be sparse.

Severity (bit 31)1: failure
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
NTSTATUS inside (bit 28)0
Facility58 (0x03A) USERMODE_VHD
Code26 (0x001A)

NTSTATUS 0xC03A001A

STATUS_VIRTUAL_DISK_LIMITATION

The requested operation could not be completed due to a virtual disk system limitation. Virtual hard disk files must be uncompressed and unencrypted and must not be sparse.

Becomes the Win32 error: 3225026586

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility58 (0x03A)
Code26 (0x001A)