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VDS_E_NO_SOFTWARE_PROVIDERS_LOADED
VDS_E_NO_SOFTWARE_PROVIDERS_LOADED means provider discovery did not produce a software provider. Core operations on basic and dynamic disks normally depend on a software provider loaded by the VDS service.
Check provider loading, not individual disk parameters
- Wait until the VDS service reports ready.
- Query providers with the software-provider flag and record the returned collection.
- Inspect service and event logs for provider registration or initialization failures.
A disk refresh cannot replace a missing provider. Restarting a single operation is unlikely to help until provider initialization succeeds. On current Windows, also consider migrating management code to the Storage Management API, because VDS has been superseded and dynamic-disk functionality is deprecated for most scenarios.
QueryProviders · WaitForServiceReady · VDS replacement notice
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