What does HRESULT 0x8004243B (VDS_E_NON_CONTIGUOUS_DATA_PARTITIONS) mean?

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VDS_E_NON_CONTIGUOUS_DATA_PARTITIONS the selected GPT formatted disk contains a partition which is not of type 'PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID', and is both.

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VDS_E_NON_CONTIGUOUS_DATA_PARTITIONS

VDS_E_NON_CONTIGUOUS_DATA_PARTITIONS means a GPT disk has basic-data partitions separated by a partition of another type. The requested migration or layout operation requires a supported partition arrangement.

What to check

Map the full GPT layout, including EFI, MSR, recovery, OEM, and basic-data partitions.
Do not move or remove system partitions simply to make data partitions adjacent.
Use a tested disk-layout plan and backup before any partition relocation or conversion.

Get-Partition -DiskNumber <number> | Format-Table PartitionNumber,DriveLetter,Type,Size,Offset

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.

Microsoft: Get-Partition

Microsoft: VDS error codes

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