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Disc management fails to load
I've inserted a second (slave) HDD to my system but under My Computer/Manage/Disc Management, the programme fails to load and I get an error message
The second HDD is visible in BIOS and in Device Manager
I am using WinXP Pro - how can I get round this problem?
I am planning to download the relevant software from the Drive manufacturer but am interested to know why portion of XP seems to be missing
david cooke
The second HDD is visible in BIOS and in Device Manager
I am using WinXP Pro - how can I get round this problem?
I am planning to download the relevant software from the Drive manufacturer but am interested to know why portion of XP seems to be missing
david cooke
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mahmudaq
just occurred to me that your "Logical disk manager" service might have been disabled... check it in services and make sure its started and its startup type is set to automatic. if it fails to start make sure its dependencies are running.
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I looked in msconfig/services
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service is enabled but says 'stopped'
Logical Disk Manager is enabled and says 'running'
When I select Computer Management/Disk Management the application fails to start and the error message 'server execution failed' appears
Strange!
I downloaded MaxBlast4 from the Maxtor website but when I try to run it, it says that an error has occurred and that it has to close
Stranger!
Is this something to do with the ZoneAlarm antivirus?
I believe the relevant program is dmadmin.exe and this is definitely present in Windows/System 32
Help please
david cooke
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service is enabled but says 'stopped'
Logical Disk Manager is enabled and says 'running'
When I select Computer Management/Disk Management the application fails to start and the error message 'server execution failed' appears
Strange!
I downloaded MaxBlast4 from the Maxtor website but when I try to run it, it says that an error has occurred and that it has to close
Stranger!
Is this something to do with the ZoneAlarm antivirus?
I believe the relevant program is dmadmin.exe and this is definitely present in Windows/System 32
Help please
david cooke
sorry for the delay david! firstly, you've noticed that "Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service is enabled but says 'stopped'", so try starting this service and then access disk management.
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The seller of the drive now informs me that it is an OEM model
I thought this only applied to software
could it explain my problem?
david cooke
I thought this only applied to software
could it explain my problem?
david cooke
It really shouldn't matter whether the drive is OEM (OEM means Original Equipement Manufacturer) or not - See if you can boot from that XP CD.
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No XP disc was supplied with the PC
could I format and initialise the HDD in another computer and then transfer to the original?
david c
could I format and initialise the HDD in another computer and then transfer to the original?
david c
sure you could format and initialize the HDD on another pc ...
but dont risk installing an OS on the HDD because all OS's after win98 have major compatibility issues when moved to a pc with a different motherboard
but dont risk installing an OS on the HDD because all OS's after win98 have major compatibility issues when moved to a pc with a different motherboard
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I decided to format on another computer and move to original.
This worked fine.
The OS on the original must be corrupt.
thanks for your help
david cooke
This worked fine.
The OS on the original must be corrupt.
thanks for your help
david cooke