delayed write failed
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A workaround would be to disable Write Caching in Device Manager (Select Disk Drives, select the actual drive, select Policies, uncheck the Enable Write Caching box).
This will almost certainly stop the error, but may make disk performance unacceptably slow. Nothing to lose in giving it a try though.
James
This will almost certainly stop the error, but may make disk performance unacceptably slow. Nothing to lose in giving it a try though.
James
The delayed write might be failing first time, and then succeeding when it tries again.
The failures are not a good sign. Bad sector repairs are usually just moving the data to good sectors and marking the bad ones as "do not use".
And if you run chkdsk again and there still bad sectors, then it is just getting worse.
You might want to read this
http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/ ... _drive.htm
I have run manufacturer's diagnostic programs on disks (they take a long time). Some cure the problem, others give you an error message to use when asking for warranty replacement (is yours still in warranty?).
Whatever, follow Ben's advice and get your data on to some other medium.
The failures are not a good sign. Bad sector repairs are usually just moving the data to good sectors and marking the bad ones as "do not use".
And if you run chkdsk again and there still bad sectors, then it is just getting worse.
You might want to read this
http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/ ... _drive.htm
I have run manufacturer's diagnostic programs on disks (they take a long time). Some cure the problem, others give you an error message to use when asking for warranty replacement (is yours still in warranty?).
Whatever, follow Ben's advice and get your data on to some other medium.
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