HRESULT 0xC038000E: meaning and diagnosis

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ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_LAYOUT_PARTITIONS_TOO_SMALL the disk layout contains partitions which are samller than the minimum size.

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Constant	Type	OS
STATUS_VOLMGR_DISK_LAYOUT_PARTITIONS_TOO_SMALL	NTSTATUS	Windows

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ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_LAYOUT_PARTITIONS_TOO_SMALL

ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_LAYOUT_PARTITIONS_TOO_SMALL (0xC038000E) is a Windows Volume Manager HRESULT. One or more partitions are smaller than the minimum size supported by the requested Volume Manager operation.

What to check for ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_LAYOUT_PARTITIONS_TOO_SMALL

Inspect actual partition sizes and any reserved or OEM partitions.
Check whether the operation assumes free space for dynamic-disk metadata.
Resize or redesign only after confirming which partitions can safely be changed.

REM Diagnostic context: ERROR_VOLMGR_DISK_LAYOUT_PARTITIONS_TOO_SMALL
diskpart
list disk
select disk <number>
detail disk
list partition

Do not use clean to diagnose a layout problem: it removes partition information from the selected disk.

This result reference: Microsoft: Basic and Dynamic Disks.

This result reference: Microsoft: DiskPart command reference.

This result reference: Microsoft: Convert a disk type to Dynamic or Basic.

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