perfdisk error message in event log

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start/run, type: %SystemRoot%\system32\perfmon.msc /s

look for log files or alerts to cancel.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"news.optonline.net" <rjsnews@mybyteshop.com> wrote in message news:Rq40e.5311$SU5.4684@fe10.lga...
>i am getting this error in my event log, i try to enable these counters and can not find were to enable this in the device manager
>for any drives on any property pages.
>
>
>
> Unable to read the disk performance information from the system. Disk performance counters must be enabled for at least one
> physical disk or logical volume in order for these counters to appear. Disk performance counters can be enabled by using the
> Hardware Device Manager property pages. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.
>
>
> thanks in advance
>
> rich
>

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thanks mark, i checked there only thing i have in there is the sample files
no alerts
but what about the "Disk performance counters" that need to be enabled

rich



"Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvpREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uXYYa08LFHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> start/run, type: %SystemRoot%\system32\perfmon.msc /s
>
> look for log files or alerts to cancel.
>
> --
>
> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
> FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> marfers notes for windows xp
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
> .
> "news.optonline.net" <rjsnews@mybyteshop.com> wrote in message
> news:Rq40e.5311$SU5.4684@fe10.lga...
>>i am getting this error in my event log, i try to enable these counters
>>and can not find were to enable this in the device manager for any drives
>>on any property pages.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unable to read the disk performance information from the system. Disk
>> performance counters must be enabled for at least one physical disk or
>> logical volume in order for these counters to appear. Disk performance
>> counters can be enabled by using the Hardware Device Manager property
>> pages. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> rich
>>
>
>

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You probably have some driver for your hard drive that needs upgrading.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"news.optonline.net" <rjsnews@mybyteshop.com> wrote in message news:n6z0e.1822$ys2.264@fe12.lga...
> thanks mark, i checked there only thing i have in there is the sample files no alerts
> but what about the "Disk performance counters" that need to be enabled
>
> rich
>
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <marfer_mvpREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uXYYa08LFHA.2464@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> start/run, type: %SystemRoot%\system32\perfmon.msc /s
>>
>> look for log files or alerts to cancel.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
>> FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
>> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>> marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
>> .
>> "news.optonline.net" <rjsnews@mybyteshop.com> wrote in message news:Rq40e.5311$SU5.4684@fe10.lga...
>>>i am getting this error in my event log, i try to enable these counters and can not find were to enable this in the device
>>>manager for any drives on any property pages.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Unable to read the disk performance information from the system. Disk performance counters must be enabled for at least one
>>> physical disk or logical volume in order for these counters to appear. Disk performance counters can be enabled by using the
>>> Hardware Device Manager property pages. Status code returned is data DWORD 0.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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at command line type:

diskperf -n

to turn disk performance counters off; this is an oft-reccomended tweak,
as most users do not need these counters and they do slow disk performance
slightly. In W2K these perf counters were on by default. Conversly,

diskperf -y

turns them on.

must reboot to have either change take effect.

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as mark said, you may have an old (W2K) disk driver that depends upon
them, try updating the driver (for a raid card perhaps, or perhaps the old
(non-raid version) of the intel app accelerator, which you do not need
anymore in XP).

I just discovered this same problem on one of my Windows XP-SP3 systems (I have a pair of them: one works right, the other doesn't).

Symptoms are:
- on reboot, the Disable Performance Counters flags in the registry are set for the
disk object only; the system error logs show error code 2001 for PerfDisk
- any time I start perfmon.msc, the logical and physical disk counters are disabled
(as seen by exctrlst check-box on the perfdisk.dll service)
- any program that tries to read the logical or physical disk counters always gets "0"

Here's what I've tried doing:
- make sure that the services running on the failing system are the same as
the ones on the systems that work properly.
- use lodctr to make sure the exctrlst counter list is the same on all systems
- uninstalled/reinstalled the disk driver
- made sure that the perfdisk.dll is the same on all systems
- diskperf (which is supposed to do nothing on XP...)
- winmgmt /clearadap and /resycperf
- rebooting countless times
- trolling countless forums
- googling countless terms

Nothing has worked. Am I missing something? Is there some sort of a diagnostic I can run to narrow down the issue? The underlying problem is that the perfdisk service is instantly failing as soon as its run.

System config:
- Intel WinXP SP3 32 bit SP3
- commodity disk controller and drive (Fujitsu is not original equipment, but this
is just a single laptop drive)
- disk config is single disk with two partitions, NTFS on both of them