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STATUS_FVE_BAD_METADATA_POINTER
Meaning and context of STATUS_FVE_BAD_METADATA_POINTER
This result is about a metadata location recorded on the protected volume. It is not the same as an unavailable recovery password, a locked volume, or an NTFS path problem; the control data needed to interpret the BitLocker volume contains an invalid pointer.
Avoid disk-layout changes, repartitioning, initialization, or any utility that writes a new boot record while evidence is still needed. First capture the exact physical disk and volume mapping, retain the recovery password or key package, and determine whether the fault follows the disk or only one Windows installation.
For a severely damaged BitLocker drive, Microsoft documents repair-bde as a salvage tool that writes output elsewhere. It may need both a recovery credential and the key package associated with that particular volume; it is not a replacement for a backup.
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Native status interpretation
STATUS_FVE_BAD_METADATA_POINTER is 0xC021001F, an NTSTATUS error value. AllStat describes it as “The metadata disk region pointer is incorrect.”
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