Re: Unable to Format Drive

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Chuck,

This statement is not accurate, you can certainly use the hexidecimal value
to set this property. The problem that usually occurs when using the hex
value is that you cannot omit the "0x" required to indicate that you are
entering a hexidecimal number or do not use the full eight digits. For
example, if the disk signature's hex value is 12345678, you would need to
specify:

cluster . res "Disk X:" /priv signature=0x12345678

FYI, most people do know how to find a disk's signature so KB article 555312
has been modified to make it even easier to add a disk via command line. You
can use the drive letter instead and the OS will populate the disk signature
value for you. Here's the syntax:

cluster . res "Disk X:" /priv Drive="X:"

Regards,
John



"Chuck Timon [Microsoft]" <ctimon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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One additional comment...if you used the procedure in Q555312 and you used
the hexadecimal signature in the command line, it will not work. The hex
needs to be converted to decimal and the decimal value used.

--
Chuck Timon, Jr.
Microsoft Corporation
Longhorn Readiness Team
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no
warranties, and confers no rights.



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