Microsoft KB Archive/317633

= A Logical Disk on an Extended Partition Is Recognized as a Primary Partition =

Article ID: 317633

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 Q317633



SYMPTOMS
After you install the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, a logical disk on an extended partition may be displayed incorrectly as a primary partition in the Disk Management tool:

274349 Computer with Large Number of Partitions Starts Slowly



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Logical Disk Manager uses cached information to set up the partition information.



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 ---  16-Nov-2001  12:23  5.0.2195.4643  34,416  Classpnp.sys 14-Dec-2001 05:12  5.0.2195.4771  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
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 kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kboswin2000fix kbhotfixserver KB317633

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