Guest Anthony J. Biacco Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Hi, I've got a brand new install of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition w/SP2 on a Dell PowerEdge 860 with 2 500GB SATA drives in a RAID1 configuration on a Dell SAS 5iR controller. I installed the OS on a 25GB NTFS partition. No problem. I then tried to create a new 25GB partition out of the unallocated space (basic disk, NTFS, default allocation unit size). LDM hourglassed for a minute, then came back with "The operation did not complete. Check the System Log for more information on the error". No messages were in the log. The volume shows as allocated, but not formatted or assigned its drive letter. If i try to format after the fact, I get a "The format did not complete successfully" error. The only way to get it to work is to reboot the server after the allocation, then format after the reboot. Then it will be successfull. I've also tried this as a dynamic disk instead of basic. Same results. I found a KB article (826823) describing a related problem but microsoft says it was included in SP2, and i can confirm the modified files i have are newer than the patched ones. Any help is solving this problem is appreciated. -Tony
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