hello friends , when i go to computer managemnt and disk mngmnt this error occurs .. (see pic ) i tried this run-->services.msc then starting all logical device manager services .. but it wouldn't start.. my pc has 2 partitions c & d.. win 98se was installed in c:\ .... and i installed Xpsp2 from win98 to d:\ the 2 partitions were made in win98.. PLS PLS help ... also i am attaching a slave to this hdd .. will this problem affect my doing so and will i be able to make partitions in the new hdd ? pls suggest alternate soln to make partition