HRESULT 0xC03A0010 (ERROR_VHD_METADATA_READ

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Failed to read the metadata of the virtual hard disk.

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Constant	Type	OS
STATUS_VHD_METADATA_READ_FAILURE	NTSTATUS	Windows

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ERROR_VHD_METADATA_READ_FAILURE

ERROR_VHD_METADATA_READ_FAILURE means Windows could not read metadata required to open or operate the virtual disk. The fault may be in the VHD/VHDX file, the host file system, or the storage path.

What to check

Review host storage and file-system events at the same time as the failed open.
Try validation against a copy stored on known-good media to separate media errors from file corruption.
Do not rely on a successful guest boot after a retry as proof that metadata is healthy.

Test-VHD -Path "D:\Recovery\disk.vhdx"

Microsoft: Test-VHD

Microsoft: VHDX file format specification

Microsoft: Hyper-V antivirus exclusions

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