Re: Troubleshooting tips for Xbox MCX?

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From: Todd Bowra [MSFT] (toddbow_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:02:00 -0800

Pete's right - the dynamic disk/spanned disk issue applies to all
partitions, not just the boot partition. Switching to a basic disk should
resolve the issue you're seeing. 

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"Peter Near [MCE MVP]" <peter@thenears.com> wrote in message
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> I was unaware that the known issue with dynamic disks only applied to
> the boot partition.  I thought it was a general "dynamic disks don't
> work with XP" type of issue.
>
> I could be wrong, I've never dug into this.  But getting rid of that
> dynamic disk would be my next step in troubleshooting.
>
> Not an expert reply I know, but it's been awhile and nobody else got
> back to you so here you go.
>
> Pete
>
> Jeff Hanley wrote:
> > I've got a home built MXE 2005 machine and it works great.  250GB drive
wtih
> > a 10gb C: OS Partition and the rest of that drive + another 200gb drive
> > spanned to make a 400GB media partition.  I'm having problems using my
Xbox
> > MCX to connect to my MCE machine.  It should meet the specs, Shuttle
machine
> > 2.6ghz + HT, 512mb Ram, gig ethernet (Broadcom), ATI Radeon 9800 card.
> > Problem is when I start the xbox MCX and connect it starts to connect
and
> > briefly (less than a second) flashes the main menu screen and then gives
the
> > error that the connection has been disconnected.  I looked into this a
while
> > ago and checked the known issues at that time - no my machine is not
joined
> > to a domain (although I wanted to), my boot partition is not spanned.  I
am
> > getting an error #8 in my event log but there is no program name that's
> > causing the error.  Since I haven't looked into this for a while what
are the
> > other known issues that might cause this?
> >

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