What does HRESULT 0x80AA0902 (E_IMAPI_ERASE_DISC_INFORMATION_TOO_SMALL) mean?

 
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E_IMAPI_ERASE_DISC_INFORMATION_TOO_SMALL

E_IMAPI_ERASE_DISC_INFORMATION_TOO_SMALL points to malformed or insufficient device response data, not merely a nonblank disc. During erase preparation IMAPI inspects disc information reported by the optical drive; the returned structure was shorter than required for the operation.

Collect drive, firmware, and media compatibility evidence

  • Record recorder vendor, product ID, and product revision together with the physical media type.
  • Re-query media support for the erase format and compare behavior with known compatible erasable media.
  • If the condition follows the same drive across media, investigate drive firmware or device compatibility rather than file-system contents.

The public IMAPI error reference specifically associates this result with a READ DISC INFORMATION response. Erasing or recreating a filesystem image in software cannot repair a truncated device response. Avoid treating it as equivalent to E_IMAPI_ERASE_MEDIA_IS_NOT_ERASABLE: one says the drive reported insufficient command data; the other says the medium is not erasable.

IMAPI return values · Checking media support · IDiscRecorder2


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