Re: Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is not registered. LDM supports Win
Don Hardie wrote:
>
> "Paul" wrote:
>
>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>> I got this message: -
>>>
>>> Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is not registered.
>>> LDM supports Windows 2000 or later.
>>>
>>> when I cloned my D drive with Acronis, the only way I was able to get into
>>> the Disk Manager was to remove my C drive and install a backup of it I made
>>> earlier and it worked ok. I just cloned my E drive and the Disk Manager now
>>> gives the same message again. I've Googled the message and found a lot of
>>> ideas of how to fix it, but none of them work.
>>> Can anyone help.
>>> Don
>> The first hit in a web search, is an article on Logical Disk Manager.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Disk_Manager
>>
>> In Disk Management (Start : Run : diskmgmt.msc),
>> you'll see either "basic" or "dynamic" listed for each
>> disk. Dynamic disks are a slightly more complicated
>> option. You'd want to break out your Acronis manual,
>> and see if there are any special precautions for
>> Dynamic disks or the partitions on them. (If you have
>> a PDF manual, it won't take long to search for "Dynamic".)
>>
>> Any time Windows has tried to "pull a fast one", and create
>> a dynamic disk, I've immediately changed it back to basic.
>> The main advantage of basic, is fewer surprises, when using
>> disk utilities at a later date.
>>
>> So I can't answer your question, but I'd want to look
>> over your setup and try something a bit simpler. In your
>> previous thread, you mentioned having a problem booting
>> a clone as well. So whatever is going on, may have been there
>> for a while.
>>
>> http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...read/thread/b478ab4c228efabd/9dbbe3276ca6d626
>>
>> Paul
>> .
>> Paul
>
> I tried "Start : Run : diskmgmt.msc" and I still get the same message.
> I can't see if the drive was changed to Dynamic as I can't get into Disk
> Manager.
>
> Don
On my machine, LDM is a Service, and I can see it listed in the
Control Panel : Administrator Tools : Services thing.
Logical Disk Manager
Detects and monitors new hard disk drives and sends disk volume information
to Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service for configuration. If this
service is stopped, dynamic disk status and configuration information may
become out of date. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly
depend on it will fail to start.
Startup Type : Automatic
Dependencies : Plug and Play, Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Path to executable : C
WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
What that last thing means, is explained here.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial83.html
Some people tried to fix something similar here, but weren't succesful.
http://www.theeldergeek.com/forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=240217
The funny thing is, a person with the same user name is posting
here, and used dmreg.inf to fix it. I keep a copy of my WinXP
installer CD, on a separate partition, and there was a copy of that
file in there, in the i386 folder. You can read the file with a text
editor, to see what it is doing. Right click and selecting "install"
would run it.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=179980
Another example here.
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...isk-Management-MMC-console-in-Windows-XP.html
Make sure you have a backup of your C:, in case you reduce the machine
to jelly
Paul