VEA GUI displays error while creating partitions

Last published : Oct 01, 2026
When you create partitions using the VEA, sometimes the GUI displays an error indicating that the operation has failed.
VEA displays the following messages:
  • Failed to format volume. Investigate further based on operation return status.
  • Failed to format volume \Device\Harddisk#\Partition#
The partition is created successfully, however VEA sometimes is unable to format the partition and displays these errors. This issue occurs intermittently. You can reformat the partition using the command line. (3000941)
Note that this issue is limited only to the VEA GUI; this issue does not occur when you perform these operations using the command line.
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