Microsoft KB Archive/816864

= Disk Administrator Stops Responding When You Try to Create More Than 61 Logical Drives =

Article ID: 816864

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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SYMPTOMS
If you use the Disk Administrator tool to create more than 61 logical drives in the free space of an extended partition, Disk Administrator stops responding when you click Commit Changes Now.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because in Windows NT 4.0, 61 is the limit of the number of logical drives that you can create in an extended partition.



RESOLUTION
There is a hotfix available for Windows NT 4.0 that will change the behavior of Disk Administrator so that it displays an error message when you try to create more than 61 logical drives.

Hotfix Information
A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.       Date         Time   Version           Size     File name --      21-May-2003  10:37  4.0.1381.7217     176,912  Windisk.exe Note Because of file dependencies, this hotfix requires Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (SP6a). For additional information how to obtain the latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB816864

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