You Cannot Delete a Non-Current System Partition (316379)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
This article was previously published under Q316379 SYMPTOMS
If you have a mirrored system partition and you break the mirror, both partitions may be marked as system partitions. You cannot delete the partitions.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the system partition attribute is not removed from the mirror partition when the mirror is broken.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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11-Mar-2002 12:09 2195.5058.297.3 316,176 Dmconfig.dll
Note that this hotfix also replaces the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article because you can use this hotfix with the Diskpart tool:
245799 Cannot Remove False System Partition Using Disk Management
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/27/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbOSWin2000fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB316379 |
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