What does Windows error code 17 (ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE) mean? Status / error code: Category: Constant name: Source: Operating System: Description: The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive. Could be also: ConstantTypeOS KERN_INVALID_RIGHTKern returnMac ippStsUnderflowIntel Ipp StatusAny EEXISTerrnoAny THREAD_NOT_MUTEX_OWNERBugCheck CodeWindows Looking for a different code? Search another status or error code.