EWFMGR Unable to Find EWF Volume (Standard 7 SP1)

7/8/2014

Learn what to do when this error message is displayed.

Resolution

The initialization can fail for several reasons.

Verify that there is sufficient space on the disk for the EWF volume, and that there are no more than three partitions or logical drives on the disk. Also, verify that the EWF volume can be created in your disk configuration.
1. If your hard disk contains only primary partitions, the EWF volume will be created in the unallocated disk area. The EWF volume cannot be created if there is insufficient space in the unallocated disk area.
2. If your hard disk contains an extended partition, the EWF volume will be created in the free space within the extended partition. If there is insufficient space in the extended partition, the EWF volume cannot be created, even if there is unallocated space after the extended partition.

The error "Unable to find Ewf volume" is displayed after running EWF Manager.