I've shrunk the size of my C: drive and now have a second partition. When I
go into Disk Management it recognizes both partitions but I cannot assign a
drive letter to the new partition. When I attempt to do this I the following
error message:

The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is
not up-to-date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If the problem
persists close the disk Management console, then restart Disk Manangement or
restart the computer.

I have rebooted my machine but it doesn't solve the problem. Has anybody
else experienced this problem and have any ideas how to get round this error?

Thanks in advance for any help

Did you format the new partition after it was created?

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Snakebite" <Snakebite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13764D9A-D4E2-47E0-8A2F-FC49C71AFA1B@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> I've shrunk the size of my C: drive and now have a second partition. When
> I
> go into Disk Management it recognizes both partitions but I cannot assign
> a
> drive letter to the new partition. When I attempt to do this I the
> following
> error message:
>
> The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view
> is
> not up-to-date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If the problem
> persists close the disk Management console, then restart Disk Manangement
> or
> restart the computer.
>
> I have rebooted my machine but it doesn't solve the problem. Has anybody
> else experienced this problem and have any ideas how to get round this
> error?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help[/color]

Hi.
I have a similar problem.
Fitted a new second drive, formatted and partitioned it with Acronis,
all ok for a few weeks but now I can see the drive in Computer
management but it has no drive letters and if I try to access it or put
in drive letters I get “The operation failed to complete because the
disc management view is not up to date. ....” It goes on to say about
refreshing or rebooting but none of it works.
Have Googled the problem and it seems it’s quite common but no
solutions........unless anyone on here can help?
PLEASE.
Forester:confused:


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forester
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Hi.
I have a similar problem.
But i had placed some files also in that partition.But then i tried
running partition magic nd some error occured and the system restarted.
On restart i am facing the same problem on clicking that drive now in
diskmanagement : *"The operation failed to complete because the disc
management view is not up to date. ....” *It goes on to say about
refreshing or rebooting but none of it works.


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akanksha_bansal;1224444 Wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi.
> I have a similar problem.
> But i had placed some files also in that partition.But then i tried
> running partition magic nd some error occured and the system restarted.
> On restart i am facing the same problem on clicking that drive now in
> diskmanagement : *"The operation failed to complete because the disc
> management view is not up to date. ....” *It goes on to say about
> refreshing or rebooting but none of it works.[/color]

Try Paragon Disc manager, it worked for me.
Forester


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forester
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Mine above error has gone but given me a bigger problem !!!!!!!!!!!!
After recovering the data i deleted that partition and tried expanding
my c drive.But some physical memory error occurred and the laptop
restarted prompting for a recovery (which is in-built in vista) but
after the drive was formatted i canceled the recovery by using power
button(i.e. shutting the lapi) .
Now on starting it says "No disk error". I cheked with some workshop
they said the hard disk is gone !!!! and data cannot be recovered !!!!

Is there any way to recover data from that hard disk ??????????

Please do help if got any solution as that disk has my veryyyyyyyyyyy
important college data ...

I live in India. So if u could suggest some solution it'll be of very
much help..


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akanksha_bansal <akanksha_bansal.3qzm4f@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>Mine above error has gone but given me a bigger problem !!!!!!!!!!!!
>After recovering the data i deleted that partition and tried expanding
>my c drive.But some physical memory error occurred and the laptop
>restarted prompting for a recovery (which is in-built in vista) but
>after the drive was formatted i canceled the recovery by using power
>button(i.e. shutting the lapi) .
>Now on starting it says "No disk error". I cheked with some workshop
>they said the hard disk is gone !!!! and data cannot be recovered !!!!
>
>Is there any way to recover data from that hard disk ??????????
>
>Please do help if got any solution as that disk has my veryyyyyyyyyyy
>important college data ...
>
>I live in India. So if u could suggest some solution it'll be of very
>much help..[/color]

You have probably messed things up so badly that all your data is
lost.

"akanksha_bansal" <akanksha_bansal.3qzm4f@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote
in message news:akanksha_bansal.3qzm4f@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...[color=blue]
>
> Mine above error has gone but given me a bigger problem !!!!!!!!!!!!
> After recovering the data i deleted that partition and tried expanding
> my c drive.But some physical memory error occurred and the laptop
> restarted prompting for a recovery (which is in-built in vista) but
> after the drive was formatted i canceled the recovery by using power
> button(i.e. shutting the lapi) .
> Now on starting it says "No disk error". I cheked with some workshop
> they said the hard disk is gone !!!! and data cannot be recovered !!!!
>
> Is there any way to recover data from that hard disk ??????????
>
> Please do help if got any solution as that disk has my veryyyyyyyyyyy
> important college data ...
>
> I live in India. So if u could suggest some solution it'll be of very
> much help..
>
>
> --
> akanksha_bansal
> Posted via [url]http://www.vistaheads.com[/url][/color]

Hi akanksha--

You probably will be able to recover your OS and all its information since
this is a software error. Follow each of these steps until one works for
you.

If you don't have a Vista DVD from MSFT (not talking about an OEM recovery
DVD), then you can download a Repair Disk with all of Startup Repair's
options from here:

Download Vista Repair Disk
[url]http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/[/url]

How to Use Startup Repair from the Vista DVD or the Repair Disk you make:
[url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial142.html[/url]

[url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/5c59f8c1-b0d1-4f1a-af55-74f3922f3f351033.mspx[/url]

1) First try 3 options from Startup Repair. If you have a Vista DVD then
restart with it in the drive>press any key to boot from it and run Startup
Repair. From Startup Repair you have 3 good tools with an excellent chance
of fixing your system. If you don't have a Vista DVD from which to boot to
Startup Repair, no problem, Download the .iso from the link below and
burn it, and you'll have the Microsoft Vista Repair Disk with Startup
Repair.

Download Vista Repair Disk
[url]http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/[/url]

How to Use Startup Repair from the Vista DVD or the Repair Disk you make:

[url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial142.html[/url]

[url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/5c59f8c1-b0d1-4f1a-af55-74f3922f3f351033.mspx[/url]

2) If Startup Repair does not get your Vista back, then use the 3 bootrec
commands from the command prompt available on the Statup Repair Menu:

The menu I refer to is in this set of directions with a grey background.

[url]http://vistahomepremium.windowsreinstall.com/repairstartup/repairstartup.htm[/url]

Those are:

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuild BCD

3) If my second option doesn't work, then try System restore from the
Startup Repair list.

1) First try 3 options from Startup Repair. If you have a Vista DVD then
restart with it in the drive>press any key to boot from it and run Startup
Repair. From Startup Repair you have 3 good tools with an excellent chance
of fixing your system. If you don't have a Vista DVD from which to boot to
Startup Repair, no problem, Download the .iso from the link below and
burn it, and you'll have the Microsoft Vista Repair Disk with Startup
Repair.

Download Vista Repair Disk
[url]http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/[/url]

How to Use Startup Repair from the Vista DVD or the Repair Disk you make:

[url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial142.html[/url]

[url]http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/5c59f8c1-b0d1-4f1a-af55-74f3922f3f351033.mspx[/url]

2) If Startup Repair does not get your Vista back, then use the 3 bootrec
commands from the command prompt available on the Statup Repair Menu:

The menu I refer to is in this set of directions with a grey background.

[url]http://vistahomepremium.windowsreinstall.com/repairstartup/repairstartup.htm[/url]

Those are:

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuild BCD

3) If my second option doesn't work, then try System restore from theStartup
Repair list.

4) If by rare chance you have an actual Vista DVD, you can put it in, boot
from it>choose the Upgrade Option>choose your current broken Vista Drive and
try to do a repair install with the Vista DVD.

How To Perform a Repair Installation For Vista
[url]http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html[/url]

5) If the above 3 tools don't work, then use the 4 tools available by
restarting your pc and tapping F8 once per second to get to the Windows
Advanced Options Menu.

From this menu click on 3 Safe Mode links to use System Restore. Make sure
you try all 3 if one doesn't work, because just one of them may work. Tap F8
to Reach Windows Advanced Options Menu Pictured Below:

[url]http://media.photobucket.com/image/vista%20windows%20advanced%20options%20menu/indyank/techbliss/Vista-Advanced-Boot-Options.jpg[/url]

Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode with Command: At the prompt you would type the command to use for
system restore at the safe mode cmd prompt is:

%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

If these 3 tools don't work, you have one more you can try which is Last
Known Good Configuration.

Good luck,

CH

To Chad,

But the person at workshop says the hard disk's head is GONE !!! ie is
damaged , that is why he couldnt recover.
Will ur option still work ??????

One more thing : i haven't tried any of ur options except *'f8'* one
.It didn,t work as that opiton menu didn't turn up.


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