Re: Delay Write Failed Error Messages! Help Please

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From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:55:11 -0700

You're welcome, glad you got it fixed.

The cause is write caching as specified. Some systems have trouble with
this feature, there may be some hardware or software that is involved, it
may be at a much lower level such as motherboard, chipset or BIOS but
whatever the case, it can cause this issue. Since you reinstalled and the
problem is gone, assuming this was a clean install, my guess is you had some
conflict with something previously installed. If not, you may have had some
file corruption that was causing the system to choke on this function.

So to answer your question as to cause, there is not single cause, above are
noted a number of things that can or might cause the issue. 

-- 
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"Trever" <Yizee20@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:2940301c4647a$d4bfbde0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the tip.   I'll try to remember that for next
> time - I did a complete install of windows xp and it
> fixed it.   Also, the computer is pretty much frozen so
> it is not possible to go into hard drive and change
> something - and even in safe mode it still pops up those
> errors and slows the computer down so badly - I guess
> basically what I want to know if anyone knows is what
> causes this error and what I should not do for next
> time.   Thank You
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Try the following, open Control Panel, open System, go
> to the Hardware tab,
>>click Device Manager, click the plus sign next to Disk
> drives, select your
>>hard drive, right click, select Properties, go to the
> Policies tab, remove
>>the check from "Enable write caching on the disk," click
> ok, reboot the
>>system and see if you continue to receive this error.
>>
>>-- 
>>Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>>Windows Shell/User
>>Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>>DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>>"Trever" <Yizee20@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:288de01c4645a$4ff55950$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I dont know what this is but my old computer had the
> same
>>> problem now my new one is having it.   I shut down my
> new
>>> computer last night turned it on today and it starts up
>>> with all these "Delay Write Failed" error messages and
>>> lists all these files that cant be written because of a
>>> network or system error.
>>>
>>> The computer is like frozen and unable to do anything -
>>> having to turn the computer off by unplugging it and
>>> plugging back in it then starts up with windows file
> check
>>> and then repairs files mainly in something that starts
>>> with a $ sign.   This does nothing because it still
> starts
>>> up with popup messages.
>>>
>>> My old computer I fixed it by taking one of the 228
> memory
>>> cards out of the computer and it restarted just fine -
>>> about 5 days later I put that memory card back in and
> the
>>> computer worked just fine.   Now my new computer is
> doing
>>> what my old computer did and right now I'm trying to
>>> reinstall the system.   I thought it was a virus on my
> old
>>> computer that caused that but I have McAffee and an
>>> account on my new computer running and it found no
> viruses
>>> before I shut down.
>>>
>>> If anyone knows what this is I would really appreciate
> the
>>> help because this has happened twice to me and I'm
>>> completely clueless as to what it is and why its doing
> it
>>> to me.   Thank You
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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