Windows 10: Disk Management "Unable to connect to Virtual Disk Service"

I have checked it out in Services.msc Manual, take no action, take no action.


I have run sfc/scannow with no issues.

:)

 

Unable to connect to Virtual Disk Service

I got a message Unable to connect to Virtual Disk Service when I opened the Disk Management. I have Dell desktop with Windows 10 Pro installed, (version 1803, build 17134.228). Any help is appreciated

 

Unable to Connect to Logical Disk Manager Service Error in Computer Management

WELL, I'll be an "S.O.B."! I got it... lol, just now!

Apparently, & I am going to record this & BOOKMARK/FAV it in my webbrowsers as "HOW TO FIX LOGICAL DISK MANAGER HASSLES" (lol), it is SOMETHING in my services!

You need THIS list of them running (provided you have them online that is, some OS won't have SOME of these (this is Windows Server 2003) & some are 3rd party & won't matter):





* NO SAFE MODE REQUIRED - THIS FIXED IT, PURELY SERVICES RELATED... oddly, no "dependencies" other than the ones the services need (RPC & Plug n Play) are listed in the 2 services for Logical Disk Management... it's like MS missed (somehow) the fact that there IS other dependencies on other services than what they list!

That list above is PROBABLY "overkill" & it is only a fraction of that list above, but the point is there... with ALL of those active? Logical Disk Manager "gets its act together" again & works!

APK

P.S.=> BRB, with screenshot of services & their startup status needed for this to work, in case anyone else hits this... it is a real you-know-what if you can't get to a disk to format it, lol... so, recording it for everyone's sake! apk

 

Virtual Disk service is unavailable (0x8078009C).

Attempted a System Image backup on newly migrated
Windows 10 laptop. I received the following error: Virtual Disk service is unavailable (0x8078009C). I can start the service, however, I receive the same error message. Also, when I select Disk Management under the Computer Management
window I receive the following: Unable to connect to Virtual Disk Service. Suggestions kindly appreciated... thank you.