Re: HD vs. OS problem
From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/11/04
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:49:10 -0700
You can try disabling Write Caching, but that may degrade system
performance. I would trade that off for system stability though. To
disable write caching, open Device Manager (Start-Run-devmgmt.msc),
expand the Disk Drives, double click on the problem drive, click the
Policies Tab, uncheck enable write caching on this disk.
---- Nathan McNulty Geoff wrote: > After I posted my original message I actually went and used Western Digital's > diagnostic software which told me that the HD was in good shape physically, > meaning the problem must be with the OS. I've read that disabling the write > cache can help get rid of the error, anyone have thoughts on this? > > "Ron Martell" wrote: > > >>"Geoff" <Geoff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Recently while downloading files from the internet I keep getting an error >>>warning message (Event ID 51) "An error was detected on device >>>\Device\Harddisk0\D during a paging operation." At first this happened only a >>>few times but is now becoming more frequent; XP is telling me that the device >>>is operating normally but that seems to conflict with the repeated warnings, >>>leaving me wondering if this is a physical problem with the HD or a problem >>>originating from the OS. Either way I'd like to get it cleared up as soon as >>>possible so any help would be appreciated. >>> >>>I have a Western Digital 7200rpm 80GB HD 2MB cache (only about a year old) >>>which is in three partitions (C: 6GB - OS, D: 35GB, E: 35GB) with 512MB of >>>dual channel PC3200 DDR, an AMD Athlon XP 2500+, and an ASUS A7N8X-DX >>>motherboard. There are 700MB and 500MB min size paging files on the C: and D: >>>drives respectively. >> >>Go to the Western Digital web site and dowload their free diagnostic >>software and run it to check out your drive. >> >>http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp >> >>Good luck >> >> >>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada >>-- >>Microsoft MVP >>On-Line Help Computer Service >>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca >> >>"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." >>
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