Re: Disk Management

Stefaan,

> I have a system with Windows XP Embedded Edition where in the MMC I get
> 'storage' but nothing under it. I need to mount (assign drive letter) to
> a newly added harddisk but I can't because 'Disk Management' is not
> present under 'Storage'.
> Could this be related to what is described below?

Yes, it could but it is hard to tell since we know nothing about your system and hardware setup.

> If so, how can I get 'Disk Management' to work?

Please add first all the components mentioned in the thread below and resolve thier dependencies.

Also, you have some other ways to assign a letter to a drive:
- use diskpart tool. You would need much less dependencies presented in your image to get the utility running there as it is a
command line but not MMC based tool.
- preassign letter using MountDevices registry key. Search MSDN or this google archive if you need more info.

--
Regards,
KM, BSquare Corp.

> KM wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > Thanks for posting you finding. This is going to help someone in future.
> >
> > This must be a bug because I don't see the "Logical Disk Manager Configuration Library" component being a dependency of neither
> > Logical Disk components nor the "Dynamic Disk Volume Runtime" nor the Disk Management components.
> >
> > KM
> >
> >
> >>Yes.
> >>
> >>I finally tracked this down. The event log gave a clue that DmConfig.dll
> >>was missing. It turns out that there is a low-visibility component called
> >>"Logical Disk Manager Configuration Library" that is needed to manage dynamic
> >>volumes via the MMC Snap-In.
> >>
> >>The volume was fully functional with the Runtime component, just not
> >>manageable via MMC.
> >>
> >>David
> >>
> >>"KM" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>David,
> >>>
> >>>Just to clarify, you image includes "Disk Management Dynamic Volume Runtime"?
> >>>
> >>>KM
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Update:
> >>>>
> >>>>I removed the dynamic disk (400GB simple volume) and now the snap-in comes
> >>>>up, so it appears to be somehow related to that volume.
> >>>>
> >>>>"David Morgan" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I have an XPe image, in which the Disk Management MMC Snap-In is unable to
> >>>>>connect to the Logical Disk Management service. It throws an anonymous error
> >>>>>dialog about being unable to access a memory location. I've checked the
> >>>>>services and verified that both Logical Disk services are present, and I can
> >>>>>manually start the Administrative service.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I have 2 other flavors of this image (same OS footprint, different hardware
> >>>>>config) on which the snap-in starts up fine. The only difference I can think
> >>>>>of is that the machine in question has a dynamic disk attached. My image
> >>>>>includes the Dynamic Disk component.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>David
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >


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