It is possible that when you are trying the Diskpart tool, the service did not start, and hence you get the error— The service failed to initialize. To start the service, follow these steps: ...

Diskpart Virtual Disk Service Error: Clean is not allowed on the disk One thing is sure; you will not be able to clean the disk if you try it from within the Windows OS.

Are you getting a virtual disk service error when trying to run DiskPart? This can be a very frustrating issue, but luckily it is easy to fix.