disk management unable to connect to virtual disk service

[carl a]

I really don't understand how and why this happen, I performed a system restore and still cannot connect to virtual disk service and also ran sfc /scannow with no intergity issues , and ran a chkdsk with no problems . Help will be greatly appreciated,. Thanks

 

[plodr]

See if the 2nd post in this thread helps
Can't start Disk Management - Unable to connect to Virtual Disk - Microsoft Community

 

[carl a]

Thanks for your response I have performed all of those things prior to me posting this problem that's why I am puzzled about this happening.

 

[carl a]

Here is some trouble shooting information that may help speed up the solution process . I just tried to do a diskpart , diskpart list in the cmd command the message was diskpart encountered an error starting com service.

 

[xilolee]

Would you try these steps?

Preamble
How to open an elevated command prompt using Windows Vista:

Read More:

• Click Windows start
• Type directly (in the search bar) one of these words:
  • command
  • prompt
  • command prompt
  • cmd
• The command prompt should be the first hit: press and hold (keep pressed) both the CTRL and SHIFT Keys, press enter, then release the Keys
  Otherwise right-click the command prompt and click run as an administrator
• Click yes to the UAC window that could appear.

• Left-click on Start, type directly msconfig, press enter.
  Is the radio button on normal startup?
• Advanced disk cleanup with cleanmgr:
  • Open an elevated command prompt
  • Type cleanmgr /sageset:1 and press enter.
  • Select all the options, or leave unticked the ones you prefer.
  • Type cleanmgr /sagerun:1 and press enter
  • Let it work until it finishes.
• Defragment your system drive (using windows default defragmenter). Steps:
  • Open an elevated command prompt
  • Type defrag c: -v -w and press enter
  • Wait until it finishes
• Check you system partition, then post the result here. Steps:
  • Open an elevated command prompt.
  • Type chkdsk c: /b and press enter.
  • You'll get:

    The type of the file system is NTFS.
    Cannot lock current drive.
    Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
    process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
    checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

  • Type Y and press enter.
  • Then restart/reboot and wait until it finishes this check.
  • To find chkdsk result:
    • Open an elevated command prompt
    • Copy/paste this command (it works in Win10, but it maybe won't work in WinVista) and press enter:

      wevtutil qe application /c:1 /rd:true  /f:text /q:"*[System[Provider[(@Name='Microsoft-Windows-Wininit')]]]" > "%userprofile%\desktop\ChkDskLOG.txt" & notepad "%userprofile%\desktop\ChkDskLOG.txt"

    • It should create chkdsklog.txt on your desktop and open it: paste its content here.
    • If the command won't work, type eventvwr, press enter, in the event viewer window double-left-click Windows Logs to expand it, left-click Application, double-left-click the information event with source wininit, copy its content and post it here.

 

[carl a]

Xilolee thanks for your assistance and happy new year to you . I carried out all of your instructions and still no change, no not yet ,hear is a log and a picture of what's going on.

 

[xilolee]

Good. What about point A?

 

[carl a]

I am back the msconfig is put in normal startup

 

[xilolee]

Could you post the screenshot of the diskpart error?

Also post the result of this command (run from an elevated command prompt):

(sc query vds && sc qc vds) | findstr /v /i /c:"load" /c:"err" /c:"check" /c:" wait" /c:"tag" /c:"e_n" /c:"que"

 

[carl a]

Sure here it is

 

[xilolee]

Check my previous edited post, I added something. :wink11a:

 

[carl a]

Okay I got it right here.

 

[xilolee]

Let's check Windows services... Open an elevated command prompt and then run these commands:

powershell
Get-Service |select -property name,starttype,status,displayname | out-file $env:USERPROFILE\desktop\ServicesList.txt

You should find ServicesList.txt on your desktop: upload it here.
It's about 50-60KB, zipped is about 8-10kb.

 

[carl a]

here is the info

 

[Willy2]

- Open the Window for the Services (Services.msc) and see what's the startup state of the VDS Service ? It should be "Manual".

 

[carl a]

Hey Willy2 how are you? I have already performed all of those exoteric trouble shooting tasks before I posted my thread, along with trying to populate the volume in the device manager. This problem needs a deeper investigation into this matter on a high tech level. Thanks for your input and concern. If you got some more suggestions I will be glad to receive them. I wonder who will come up with the unseen solution?

 

[xilolee]

Sorry, could you re-try with these?

Open an elevated command prompt and then run these commands:

powershell
Get-Service | sort-object Starttype, displayname | format-table -property displayname, name, StartType, status -autosize | out-file $env:USERPROFILE\desktop\ServicesList.txt -width 200

You should find ServicesList.txt on your desktop: upload it here.

 

[carl a]

Xilolee the moderator in the house, I am rejoicing with you being recognize by your peers for outstanding work in this computer field. Here is the txt and by the way the virtual disk in the services is set to start auto before i sent this reply even though when you see the report you will see that the service has stopped

 

[xilolee]

Are you logged as standard user, administrator or what?
Is UAC enabled?

 

[carl a]

Logged on as administrator UAC enabled