Trying to format a partition on my hard drive...the drive is patitioned in 2 - 1st partition containing operating system (C) & 2nd (D) docs etc. How i want to reformat D drive but if i go into COMPUTER MANAGEMENT & select DISC MANAGEMENT i get following error Logical disc manager - The dependency service or group failed to start Any ideas on how to resolve without reforamtting the whole drive Cheers Saint

Look at event viewer for clues to why the dependancy didn't start. Might want to run chkdsk /f on both drive letters to check disk integrity. Thinking about reformatting the entire drive is like junking your car when it ran out of gas. Imagine the power if you knew how to internet search

Not sure about this but could be because you are not logged in with administrator priviedges. "Logical disc manager - The dependency service or group failed to start" Is the above the entire message or is there also an error number?

Don't double post. Stay with your original thread here http://computing.net/windowsxp/wwwb... i_Xp/VistaUser

XP Sounds like the OP is now going to leave the drive as is and simply needs to format a logical drive. Could be that they did take some action to cause their current problem. I would consider this a different issue myself. (edit) After rereading both threads I see some differences here. The OP is stating they nowhave 2 partitions. The other thread indicates 3 partitions. supersaint You need to respond and clarify what you have and if this is even the same system.

Try, My Computer, right click on D & hit Format. Logical disc manager - The dependency service or group failed to start http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=...

start run cmd format d: I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.