BleepingComputer.com: Unable to get Diskmgmt to work

Hi All,

I am on an HP Pavilion a610n Desktop, running XP SP3 Home Edition. The problem that I am having is whenever I try to access Disk Management thru right clicking "My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Management", my system shows "Connecting to Logical Disk Manager service" for about a minute. I then get a popup that says: "Server Execution failed", and " Unable to connect to Logical Disk Manager Service". I opened the Event Viewer -> Systems link and found the error "The server {4FB6BB00-3347-11D0-B40A-00AA005FF586} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." I went into Start-> Run-> regedit and initiated a find from the My Computer entry for "4FB6BB00-3347-11D0-B40A-00AA005FF586" and found out it referred to the Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service.

I went into Start-> Run-> Services.msc and found that DCOM Server, Logical Disk Manager, and Logical Disk Manager Administrative Services were all started and set to Automatic. I have searched Forums, Blogs, Support sites, and I cannot find a resolution to this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have had a number of viruses on this PC. I never tried using Disk Manager before, so I don't know when it broke. I need it now, because I have a Seagate External HDD that my computer is not recognizing.

Thanks Much for your time and assistance.

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And see if this link helps: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/132/...Windows-XP.html

Alternative method: Start/Run...type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter.

If the function is truly screwed up, chances are that it's not the only XP function in that shape. In which case, you probably ought to either try running sfc /scannow or doing a repair install of XP.

Louis

hamluis, on Jan 22 2010, 03:22 PM, said:

if this doesnt work, you are likely having a hard disk failure

Thanks for the quick responses Reviversoft, and Hamluis. I ran sfc /scannow then reran Disk manager, but got the same results. At this point in time, re-installing XP is the last option. I'm hoping that someone on here has run into this problem before and found a fix. I also tried downloading diskmgmt.reg, and merging it, but no change. I don't think its a hard disk failure, Kalon. This is more of software failing in XP. Thanks though.

Thanks again

Ok, I got the process monitor from www.sysinternals.com, and set the filter to monitor the dmremote process. This provided me with a trace that showed a number of registry keys are missing. At this point, an XP rebuild is the only option. Thx again.

Thanks for providing us feedback, happy computing .

Louis