virtual disk service

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    Windows 7 hp laptop vista 32 -> window 7 32 bit "Windows could not retrieve information about the disks"

    I saw thread on similar problem and mentioned I need to make sure services.msc -> Virtual Disk Service (VDS) to automatic and started. I made this change and click the install again. The same message shown again. After message the VDS will stopped. I can restart and try install again. no luck...
    • oldyam60
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    • 32-bit boot issues disk issues drivers dv2000 error message help request installation laptop service management sfc scan system restore troubleshooting upgrade user support vds virtual disk service windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation

  2. Windows 7 Disk Management - Not functioning correctly

    Hi. I have 5 hard disks on my computer (four SATA internal + one external). I was able to get disk management in W7 to work one time. It reported one of my hard disks incorrectly, telling me I have a 2 Teribyte drive when I do not have it. I attempted a reformat (NTFS, default). Anyway, after...
    • jimc52
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    • computer management data recovery disk issues disk management drive recognition error message external drive format drive hard drive ntfs performance reboot sata services storage devices technical issues troubleshooting virtual disk service volume reporting windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Make sure that "Disk Management" can see your drives.

    Upon installation of Windows 7 check that your drives are visable by Disk Manager, if not you will have problems as time passes, most notable is the inability to do disk fragmentation either by the built in defragmenter or by programs such as Perfect Disk. The operating System will perform like...
    • JoeyC
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    • computer management defrag disk management drive information drive visibility fragmentation hotfix installation dvd installation issues operating system performance issues reinstall storage issues system check troubleshooting usb installation virtual disk service windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Soft RAID 5 Setup Issues on Windows 7 RC

    All, Im trying to setup a Soft RAID 5 on my Win7RC install. Disk Manager hates me, it takes forever to connect to the Virtual Disk Service, and then it sits there and never loads the disk information. When and if it ever loads I cannot create a RAID 5 set even though I have upgraded by 3 500...
    • rejection_man
    • Thread
    • disk management disk setup dynamic disk raid storage issues system reserved troubleshooting virtual disk service windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Major Promblem after partitioning hard drive

    Just recently i decided to partition about half of my hard drive so I could re-install windows vista to it so i could boot off of that when needed. All seemed to be going well, until just a bit ago. I Managed to partition 100gigs to dedicate to my windows vista files on the computer, but before...
    • saph
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    • boot issues disk management file access file explorer fixes hard drive partition software issues system crash virtual disk service windows vista
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Hardware