HRESULT 0xC0AAB150 (IMAPI_E_EMPTY_DISC): meaning and diagnosis

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Description: the import operation found no recorded filesystem on the optical medium.

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IMAPI_E_EMPTY_DISC

IMAPI_E_EMPTY_DISC is an import/multisession condition, not an image-construction failure. The current optical medium has no prior recorded session from which IFileSystemImage can identify or import a filesystem. Microsoft recommends checking whether media is blank before assigning multisession interfaces and importing a previous session.

Choose initial-session workflow for blank media

Read the data format object blank-state information before configuring filesystem import.
Skip ImportFileSystem when the burn is intentionally creating the first session.
Do not treat an empty disc as evidence that ISO 9660, Joliet or UDF support is broken.

A blank disc should normally start with a new in-memory filesystem hierarchy and an image sized for the current media. Import is only needed to preserve and extend earlier sessions. Retrying the import against the same blank medium does not create a previous session. The useful diagnostic is the media identity and the decision path that incorrectly selected append/multisession mode.

Creating a multisession disc · ImportFileSystem · IFileSystemImage

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