Microsoft KB Archive/274349

= Computer with Large Number of Partitions Starts Slowly =

Article ID: 274349

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 Q274349



SYMPTOMS
When you start your computer and it has a large number of partitions defined in the Disk Management MMC snap-in, startup may take an excessively long time to complete. Your computer may appear to stop responding (hang) while the &quot;Starting Windows 2000&quot; message is displayed, and the status bar may pause between 50 and 70 percent.



CAUSE
This problem can occur because the system must enumerate and mount each partition. As the number of partitions grows, so does the total amount of time it takes to complete this operation.



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 -  04-May-01  15:55:08    5.0.2195.3573  29,968    Disk.sys



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
The problem that is described in this article does not manifest itself on computers with large hardware RAID implementations where the array is addressable as a single drive letter. The fix that is described in this article is specific to computers with 30 or more devices defined in Disk Management.

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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

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