Cannot View Healthy Disk Information in the Disk Management Tool

ID: Q228302

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

When you try to view a disk's properties in the Disk Management folder in the Computer Management tool, you may receive an error message even though the disk is listed as healthy.

NOTE: You may notice a partition detected as unformatted or damaged during the text portion of Windows 2000 Setup.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if the disk is partitioned with a file system other than FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

To view information about the disk partition, use the appropriate disk tools for th file system on that disk partition.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb