Server Operators Unable to Format Server Hard Disk

Last reviewed: October 31, 1995
Article ID: Q138927

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.50 and 3.51

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.

KBCategory: kbdocerr kbbug3.50 kbbug3.51
KBSubcategory: ntdocerr
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 3.51 ntdomain ntfilesys ntutil

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Last reviewed: October 31, 1995
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