HRESULT 0x80042412 (VDS_E_NO_MEDIA): meaning and diagnosis

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The selected removable drive has no media for the requested VDS operation.

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Constant	Type	OS
VSS_E_ASRERROR_RDISK_FOR_SYSTEM_DISK_NOT_FOUND	HRESULT	Windows

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VDS_E_NO_MEDIA

VDS_E_NO_MEDIA means that VDS found a removable device but no usable media in it. This can be normal for an empty optical or removable-media drive and should not be interpreted as a partitioning error on another disk.

What to check

Confirm the selected device and whether removable media is physically present and readable.
Re-enumerate storage after inserting or replacing media because the device state may have changed.
Keep removable devices separate from fixed-disk workflows in automation so an empty drive is not selected by index.

Microsoft: VDS common return codes

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