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Server Operators Unable to Format Server Hard Disk

Article ID: 138927

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q138927

SYMPTOMS

On your computer running Windows NT, if you are a member of the Server Operators group and attempt to format a fixed disk, the error Access Denied appears even though the chart on page 398 of the Windows NT Server System Guide shows that Server Operators have the ability to format a server's fixed disk.

CAUSE

This is a documentation error in the Server System Guide.

RESOLUTION

Ask your administrator to add your account to the Administrators group.

This allows you to format a fixed disk and to run diagnostic utilities such as CHKDSK.EXE against the drive.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt ntdomain ntfilesys ntutil

Keywords: KB138927