Re: (Another) Delayed Write Failure post

Mike Wachal wrote:
Like many others I'm experiencing the dreaded "Delayed Write
Failure" on a relatively new USB 2.0 drive. I've tried all the
suggestions offered in other posts (eg turning off write ahead,
etc.) and none of the KB articles I've read apply.

I've got the following:
Seagate 250GB hard drive
Ultra enclosure
Adaptec USB 2.0 adaptor
Windows XP SP2 with all the updates known to mankind (or at least
Microsoft).

The specific error is: "Windows was unable to save all the data for
the file D:\$Mft. The data has been lost. This error may be caused
by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection.
Please try to save this file elsewhere."

This error occurs for no apparent reason, I'm not writing anything
to the drive when it happens, I'm occationally reading, but not
always. I use the drive primarily for WMA files, the error does not
seem to relate to actually playing the music as it occurs most
often without any media player running.

Any new suggestions on how to address this or work around it?
Thanks for any help you can offer.

Copy off the data and get a replacement drive.. That can also be a sign of a
drive going bad.
(You could run a full CHKDSK and go to the manufacturer's web site to get a
utility to test the drive.)

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