Recovery Console Map Command May Be Missing Drive Letters

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

SYMPTOMS

When you are using the Recovery Console tool, you can use the map command to determine which drive letters correspond to which physical hard disks and partitions. If there are dynamic disks in the system, some of the partition information may be incorrect, missing, or misleading.

CAUSE

The map command works much like Text-mode Setup and the Diskpart tool in that it lists only partitions that have valid partition entries. These tools may list the partition entries for dynamic disks, but these entries often encompass more than a single partition or the entire disk.

RESOLUTION

Knowledge of how the disks are partitioned and their drive letters in the Disk Management snap-in is required before you can accurately interpret the data displayed by Text-mode Setup, Diskpart, or the Recovery Console map command.

For additional information about interpreting the data displayed by the map command, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q227364 Dynamic Volumes Are Not Displayed Accurately in Text-Mode Setup

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: ldm veritas

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