spinjector Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Ok either I'm not understanding the syntax of the ATTRIBUTES VOLUME command, or I've found a bug in DISKPART.If I do this, either by script or typing in the commands at the prompt...SELECT VOLUME 2ATTRIBUTES VOLUME SET HIDDEN...it hides ALL the partitions at the same time..!!!And if I do this...SELECT VOLUME 2ATTRIBUTES VOLUME CLEAR HIDDEN...it UNHIDES them all...!!!Am I losing my mind...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm assuming you're running these manually - after you SEL VOL 2, run LIST PART to see what partitions it thinks are on volume 2. I'm guessing it'll be all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinjector Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm assuming you're running these manually - after you SEL VOL 2, run LIST PART to see what partitions it thinks are on volume 2. I'm guessing it'll be all of them.Nope. No matter what I do, Diskpart is hiding/unhiding ALL of the partitions/volumes at the same time as one group.Either I'm missing some fundamental concept or command, or something is goofy in my setup.I've copied/pasted the entire sequence below.I typed all my commands in lowercase so they could be differentiated better.Towards the end, you'll see the hide/list and everything is hidden, then unhide/list and everything is unhidden. Arrrghh!!!N:\>diskpartMicrosoft DiskPart version 6.0.6000Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation.On computer: MININT-64IFCHODISKPART> select disk 0Disk 0 is now the selected disk.DISKPART> list partition Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- Partition 1 Primary 63 MB 1024 KB Partition 2 Primary 16 GB 64 MB Partition 3 Primary 7552 MB 18 GB Partition 4 Primary 656 GB 27 GBDISKPART> select partition 1Partition 1 is now the selected partition.DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 M CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 189 MB Healthy* Volume 1 DELLUTIL FAT Partition 63 MB Healthy Volume 2 C WINDOWS NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Volume 3 D SWAPFILE NTFS Partition 7552 MB Healthy Volume 4 E DATA NTFS Partition 656 GB Healthy Volume 5 N USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 1937 MB HealthyDISKPART> attributes volume set hiddenVolume attributes set successfully.DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 M CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 189 MB Healthy* Volume 1 DELLUTIL FAT Partition 63 MB Healthy Hidden Volume 2 WINDOWS NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Hidden Volume 3 SWAPFILE NTFS Partition 7552 MB Healthy Hidden Volume 4 DATA NTFS Partition 656 GB Healthy Hidden Volume 5 N USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 1937 MB HealthyDISKPART> attributes volume clear hiddenVolume attributes cleared successfully.DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 M CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 189 MB Healthy* Volume 1 DELLUTIL FAT Partition 63 MB Healthy Volume 2 C WINDOWS NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Volume 3 D SWAPFILE NTFS Partition 7552 MB Healthy Volume 4 E DATA NTFS Partition 656 GB Healthy Volume 5 N USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 1937 MB HealthyDISKPART> exitLeaving DiskPart...N:\> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You haven't run a select command on a volume - so it's hiding ALL fixed volumes. It's doing what you told it to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinjector Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 You haven't run a select command on a volume - so it's hiding ALL fixed volumes. It's doing what you told it to do.Volume 1 is selected by default when SEL PART 1 is issued.In fact, it states in the documentation, that if you SEL VOL X, it automatically selects the disk & partition that volume is on.If you look just before the SET HIDDEN, under LIST VOL, there is an asterisk next to Volume 1 to indicate it's selected.I also thought the same thing, and I tried various combinations of SELECT commands to make certain the right object was selected. But the outcome was the same every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Well, then I have no idea . I've never had that happen to me before, but I'm not running diskpart on W2K3 anymore so it's possible you've found a bug. What's not likely is that if you found one they'd fix it unless you could repro it against 2008 or 2008 R2 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinjector Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Well what a couple of weeks this has been. After pulling my hair out for many days, fighting a battle I couldn't win with Microsoft & 3rd-party programs & utilities that absolutely would NOT put my partitions where I wanted them, I gave up.And then I wrote my own. =-)Well sorta... I used DSFO to export my MBR to a file, and then attacked it with an Excel spreadsheet. It's taken me a week of 12-hour days to learn the bytes of the MBR, and then adding formulas, VBA, and conditional formats to my spreadsheet. What I end up with is an MBR the way I want it, which I then write back to the server with DSFI.I just cranked up Easeus Partition Manager, which recognized the partitions immediately with no fuss, and was able to format them - also with no fuss. I then checked all of the partition properties to check the cluster positions, and they're all spot-on to what I set them to.This afternoon I've been struggling with installing Windows 2003. Text mode setup doesn't like something on this box and it always locks up at the "Setup is checking your system configuration...". I've tried every fix I've seen mentioned and none have worked so far, but I'm still working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Well what a couple of weeks this has been. After pulling my hair out for many days, fighting a battle I couldn't win with Microsoft & 3rd-party programs & utilities that absolutely would NOT put my partitions where I wanted them, I gave up.And then I wrote my own. =-)Well sorta... I used DSFO to export my MBR to a file, and then attacked it with an Excel spreadsheet. It's taken me a week of 12-hour days to learn the bytes of the MBR, and then adding formulas, VBA, and conditional formats to my spreadsheet. What I end up with is an MBR the way I want it, which I then write back to the server with DSFI.I just cranked up Easeus Partition Manager, which recognized the partitions immediately with no fuss, and was able to format them - also with no fuss. I then checked all of the partition properties to check the cluster positions, and they're all spot-on to what I set them to.This afternoon I've been struggling with installing Windows 2003. Text mode setup doesn't like something on this box and it always locks up at the "Setup is checking your system configuration...". I've tried every fix I've seen mentioned and none have worked so far, but I'm still working on it.Well, just in case:MBRBATCHhttp://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3191CHS<->LBA spreadsheets:http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2959(no VBA used as to make them "work" on "any" spreadsheet app)jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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