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WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« on: April 05, 2017, 06:40:37 pm »
Hi.
Ok I should update but I am getting on a bit and very ill, so its not necessary for my needs.

The Disk Management program is not loaded due to some silly chap trying to speed up my
system without me knowing.
I no longer can fix and non-formatted drive so that I can format it.

Is there a way I can fix this without re-installing Windows. That would kill me as I have a
mass of stuff on the system. Need to format new drive to save things onto.
I need someone help if they can. please advise.

All the best.


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Re: WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2017, 01:23:19 am »
Without knowing what he's done it would be difficult to diagnose.

If you have restore points that will take you back to before this tweak, then I'd try those - otherwise get onto the person who did them and ask to have them undone because of them screwing up your system.

How did he come to have access to your computer ?

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Re: WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2017, 04:42:31 am »
Check that the following 2 services are not disabled, but set as below.

Logical Disk Manager - "Automatic"
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service - "Manual"
« Last Edit: April 06, 2017, 05:14:40 pm by Samson, Reason: Spelling corrected. »

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Re: WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2017, 11:00:03 pm »
Hi.
The 2 settings as stated are correct, but o joy.
I think whats missing is the registry entry that is called upon to ensure
that the Initialize and Convert Wizard is activated for the user to
Initialize the un-formatted disk. When finished the Computer Management.
The Logical Disk Management says its not registered for Windows2000 and
above.
The system must be scanning the ports to allow an all ready Initialized device
to be accessed, so whats missing?
All I can think of, is that this there has to be a run command that allows you
to re-register the LDM to the system and you would with the wmi.

There must be some one out there that can help, please.
Its very important to the system or new un-formatted drives can not be used.

All the best.

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Re: WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2017, 05:08:07 am »
Take a look at this thread....

http://www.tweaking.com/forums/index.php?topic=2439.0

NB be sure to create a restore point and a registry backup if you follow through with the above  :wink:
« Last Edit: April 08, 2017, 11:20:23 am by Samson, Reason: Additional info added »

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Re: WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2017, 11:52:20 pm »
Hi.
Thank you all for helping. The link given solved my problem completely.
Thank you very much indeed.
All the best.

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Re: WindowsXP Pro sp3- Disk Management not working- Help.
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2017, 03:33:13 am »
That is good to hear  :smiley:

Shane deserves all the credit for the solution.

You can go back to your first post in this thread and mark it as "SOLVED", this will help others facing the same problem in the future to find the solution.