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FVE_E_VIRTUALIZED_SPACE_TOO_BIG
Where the operation stops
The value 0x80310089, named FVE_E_VIRTUALIZED_SPACE_TOO_BIG, is returned when the requested BitLocker virtualized address space exceeds the volume or implementation limit. It belongs to the volume state and geometry part of BitLocker rather than to generic file I/O.
Conversion status and protection status answer different questions: sectors can be encrypted while protectors are suspended, and a fully decrypted volume can still contain stale management context in a caller. The BitLocker provider tracks encryption conversion, protection, lock state, metadata version, filesystem geometry and outstanding volume use independently. Two volumes can both appear “encrypted” in a UI while being in very different states for a management API.
| Question | What to verify |
|---|---|
| Which object failed? | The exact volume GUID, protector GUID, certificate or API target supplied by the caller. |
| Which state matters? | requested virtualization size, physical and logical volume size, sector size, thin-provisioning state and the API parameters. |
| What is the nearest false lead? | FVE_E_BUFFER_TOO_LARGE, which concerns an API input buffer rather than virtualized storage geometry. |
Build a minimal diagnostic record
- Record requested virtualization size, physical and logical volume size, sector size, thin-provisioning state and the API parameters.
Change only the failed prerequisite
recalculate the requested range from current volume geometry and avoid stale size values captured before resize or attach operations.
manage-bde -status
powershell -NoProfile -Command "Get-BitLockerVolume | Format-List *"State checks specific to FVE_E_VIRTUALIZED_SPACE_TOO_BIG
| Stage | How to interpret it |
|---|---|
| Before the call | Record the target identity and the pre-call volume state and geometry state. The requested BitLocker virtualized address space exceeds the volume or implementation limit. |
| At failure | Preserve requested virtualization size, physical and logical volume size, sector size, thin-provisioning state and the API parameters. This proves whether this result came from BitLocker itself or from a wrapper translating another result. |
| After correction | Recalculate the requested range from current volume geometry and avoid stale size values captured before resize or attach operations. |
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