Microsoft KB Archive/245206

= Error Occurs When Trying to Delete a Partition from a Broken Mirror =

Article ID: 245206

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245206



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to delete a partition from a broken mirror set on a computer running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, you may receive the following error message:

The drive cannot be locked for exclusive use. Please check to see if some applications are currently accessing the drive. If so, close them and try again.

Deleting the paging file does not resolve this issue.



CAUSE
The cause is unknown.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior:


 * 1) In Disk Administrator, click the partition you are trying to delete.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Assign Drive Letter.
 * 3) Click Do not assign a drive letter, and then click OK.
 * 4) Delete the partition.
 * 5) Add the deleted partition back to the mirror set.

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