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#1 Maulik

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Posted 08 June 2019 - 11:34 AM

I have Window 10 Pro OS

 

I have installed latest version of imdisk 2.0.10

 

Below are installation log 

 

C:\Users\maulik\Downloads\imdiskinst 2.0.10>install.cmd
ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver setup
 
Number of existing ImDisk virtual disks: 0
 
 
The ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Helper service was stopped successfully.
 
 
The AWE Memory Allocation Driver service was stopped successfully.
 
 
The ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver service was stopped successfully.
 
ERROR: The process "imdsksvc.exe" not found.
The ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Helper service is starting.
The ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Helper service was started successfully.
 
 
The AWE Memory Allocation Driver service was started successfully.
 
 
The ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver service was started successfully.
 
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After that trying to create RAM disk with below command
 
imdisk  -a -s 500M -m R: -p "/fs:ntfs /q /y"
 
Log
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C:\Users\maulik\Downloads\imdiskinst 2.0.10>imdisk  -a -s 500M -m R: -p "/fs:ntfs /q /y"
Creating device...
Created device 1: R: -> Image in memory
Drive letter R: points to '\Device\ImDisk0' instead of expected
'\Device\ImDisk1'. Will attempt to redefine drive letter.
Formatting disk R:...
The type of the file system is RAW.
The new file system is NTFS.
QuickFormatting 500.0 MB
Creating file system structures.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0xa6aa000 for 0x4000 bytes.
Format failed.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0x0 for 0x4000 bytes.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0x8000 for 0x200 bytes.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0xa285000 for 0x40000 bytes.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0x1f3ffe00 for 0x200 bytes.
Format failed.
Notifying applications...
Done.

 

Please help to solve issue.

 

Earlier i was using older version and it was working fine. Suddenly it stop running might be after installation of Malware protection software.

 

I remove Malware protection software, tried with older version , Restarted Laptop multiple time, uninstall older version, Install latest version also restarted every step but still getting error.

 

Please help

 



#2 Olof Lagerkvist

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Posted 09 June 2019 - 09:53 PM

Hi, sorry to hear about the problems you have with ImDisk. 0xc0000022 is an "access denied" status code, which should not normally happen in cases like this. My guess is still some incompatibility with drivers from antimalware applications etc. I would recommend you to uninstall ImDisk and this antimalware software. Then reboot, make sure to reboot, not shutdown and start up again (since Windows Fast Boot really just hibernates, not shutdown). Then, install ImDisk again and retry. You could also try adding -o awe to the imdisk.exe command line when you create the virtual disk. It will allocate physical memory through the awealloc driver instead of allocating a large block of virtual memory in the kernel address space. This can sometimes also help against compatibility problems.



#3 Maulik

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Posted 09 June 2019 - 11:35 PM

Thanks for helping.

I done same multiple time but not working. I believe this is related with my laptop only.

#4 Maulik

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Posted 15 June 2019 - 07:25 AM

I tried lot with different option but not working

 

I tried with Normal User and got below error

 

C:\Users\maulik>imdisk  -a -s 500M -m R: -p "/fs:ntfs /q /y" -P
Creating device...
Created device 0: R: -> Image in memory
Saving registry settings...
Registry edit failed Access is denied.
Formatting disk R:...
Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges or
the disk may be locked by another process.
You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode
and make sure the disk is unlocked.
Cannot open volume for direct access.
Notifying applications...
Done.
 
 

I tried with Administrator User and got below error

 
C:\WINDOWS\system32>imdisk  -a -s 500M -m R: -p "/fs:ntfs /q /y" -P
Creating device...
Created device 0: R: -> Image in memory
Saving registry settings...
Formatting disk R:...
The type of the file system is RAW.
The new file system is NTFS.
QuickFormatting 500.0 MB
Creating file system structures.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0xa6aa000 for 0x4000 bytes.
Format failed.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0x0 for 0x4000 bytes.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0x8000 for 0x200 bytes.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0xa285000 for 0x40000 bytes.
Write failure with status 0xc0000022 at offset 0x1f3ffe00 for 0x200 bytes.
Format failed.
Notifying applications...
Done.
 
 
Note:
I have removed Malware Software "MalwareBytes" , Also restarted many times 


#5 Olof Lagerkvist

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Posted 15 June 2019 - 07:56 AM

My guess is that something blocks the formatting process for you. It could be difficult to identify exactly what could cause that, but I would still say that some kind of antimalware tools or remains of them (still active file system filter drivers for example) is most likely cause for it.

This is not something that normally happens except for that kind of incompatibly.




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