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You cannot use the Disk Management snap-in to create a mount point for a locked volume in Windows Server 2003

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Symptoms

In Microsoft Windows Server 2003, you try to use the Disk Management snap-in to assign a drive letter to a volume on a disk. However, the drive letter is not assigned as expected. Therefore, you cannot use the Disk Management snap-in to create a mount point for the volume.

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Cause

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
�The underlying disk is a basic disk.
�The volume is locked.
Note This problem does not occur if the volume is locked but if the underlying disk is a dynamic disk.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, remove the lock from the volume. If you do not know which program has locked the volume, you may have to use a third-party utility to identify the program that has locked the volume.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: KB916695, kbexpertiseinter, kbtshoot

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Article Info
Article ID : 916695
Revision : 2
Created on : 4/12/2006
Published on : 4/12/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 160