What does HRESULT 0xC038001C (ERROR_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION) mean?

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ERROR_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION the specified volume extent is not within the public region of the disk.

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Constant	Type	OS
STATUS_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION	NTSTATUS	Windows

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ERROR_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION

ERROR_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION (0xC038001C) is a Windows Volume Manager HRESULT. The requested extent is outside the disk's public region and cannot be used for the volume.

What to check for ERROR_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION

Inspect the disk layout for reserved, private, or metadata regions.
Choose only valid unallocated space exposed for volume allocation.
Avoid altering reserved regions without a documented recovery plan.

REM Diagnostic context: ERROR_VOLMGR_EXTENT_NOT_IN_PUBLIC_REGION
diskpart
list disk
select disk <number>
detail disk
list partition

Do not use clean to diagnose a layout problem: it removes partition information from the selected disk.

This result reference: Microsoft: Basic and Dynamic Disks.

This result reference: Microsoft: DiskPart command reference.

This result reference: Microsoft: Convert a disk type to Dynamic or Basic.

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