What does NTSTATUS 0xC021000B (STATUS_FVE_VOLUME_NOT_BOUND) mean?

STATUS_FVE_VOLUME_NOT_BOUND

Meaning and context of STATUS_FVE_VOLUME_NOT_BOUND

This status concerns a required binding relationship between the volume and the system context expected by the operation. It is not a statement that the volume is unencrypted, and it is not the same as a recovery authentication failure.

Verify the intended role of the target and the management workflow that created or expects the binding. A data-volume task, an operating-system-volume task, and a startup-protector task do not have interchangeable prerequisites.

Inspect the actual BitLocker volume type and protector configuration before changing firmware or TPM settings. If the operation is being applied to a detached or migrated disk, establish whether the task is supported in that context instead of trying to bind it by changing recovery credentials.

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Native status interpretation

STATUS_FVE_VOLUME_NOT_BOUND is 0xC021000B, an NTSTATUS error value. AllStat describes it as “The volume is not bound to the system.”