Microsoft KB Archive/316379

= You Cannot Delete a Non-Current System Partition =

Article ID: 316379

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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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.



RESOLUTION
To 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 --  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



STATUS
Microsoft 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.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Additional query words: kbBaseOS

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB316379

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