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Error occurs when opening the Disk Management MMC console in Windows XP
- Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan
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Symptoms
When you open Disk Management MMC console (diskmgmt.msc), one of the following error messages may occur:
The Logical Disk Manager service is disabled. A connection cannot be established.
Unable to connect to Logical Disk Manager service.
The dependency service or group failed to start.
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion.
Resolution
This happens if one of the following services are missing in the system.
- Logical Disk Manager
- Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service
To restore the missing services, download diskmgmt.reg file available at the bottom of this page and save it to Desktop. Then, right-click the file and choose Merge. Click Yes to confirm. Restart Windows and see if you're able to launch Disk Managemt MMC successfully.
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7 Responses to "Error occurs when opening the Disk Management MMC console in Windows XP" 
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said this on 20 Jul 2007 12:21:16 AM PDT
Dear Ramesh!! Still I am unable to open the diskmanagement services. I amgetting the message "The dependency service or group failed to start"
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said this on 07 Aug 2007 1:49:25 PM PDT
no this did not help my problem.
after recieving messages about making exceptions for windows firewall for dmremote.exe and RPC port(TCP port 135) at windows request I now get a 'no such interface supported' bok and at the bottom of the computer manager interface is 'unable to connect to Logical Disk Manager service. Any other suggestions would be helpful.
P.S. i thought it strange that it wanted me to make exceptions for windows firewall seeing as I am trying to use it on this computer and not remotely.
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said this on 30 May 2008 11:20:10 AM PDT
Not only does the reg file not solve the problem, it makes it worse by disabling one of the services needed.
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said this on 31 May 2008 10:30:28 PM PDT
@Ted: Although the LDM service / settings are corrected by the REG file, it sets LDM is to "Disabled" state. I've now modified the REG file and set the LDM to DEMAND_START.
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said this on 06 Aug 2008 10:39:54 PM PDT
Thanks. After googleing and trying, finally the diskmgmt.reg solved the problem in my case.
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said this on 17 Sep 2008 3:25:19 AM PDT
Ramesh, you are a life saver. Your reg file fixed my problem after a reboot. Thanks.
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said this on 09 Nov 2008 8:45:22 AM PDT
Ramesh. Thx a lot. You helped a lot.
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