| Previous | Next |
| VDS_E_ACTIVE_PARTITION | VDS_E_LEGACY_VOLUME_FORMAT |
VDS_E_PARTITION_OF_UNKNOWN_TYPE
VDS_E_PARTITION_OF_UNKNOWN_TYPE means the selected disk contains a partition type that the provider cannot interpret for the requested operation. It can represent vendor, recovery, foreign-OS, or damaged metadata.
What to check
- Inspect the partition style and partition type before modifying the disk.
- Do not delete an unknown partition until its purpose is understood; it may be an OEM, recovery, or boot-related partition.
- If the type unexpectedly changed, treat it as possible metadata corruption and preserve the disk state for recovery.
Virtual Disk Service is a legacy COM API. On Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and later, inspect and manage supported storage through the Storage Management API and the Storage PowerShell cmdlets.
Looking for a different code? Search another status or error code.