Recently I have been getting a "Delayed Write Failure" on one of my
external HD's. They are connected by Firewire connections.

I am running XP Pro sp2

Any thoughts out there?

Thanks
Dunc

For safety, delayed write should be disabled on removable devices.

Fr.

Dunc wrote:
> Recently I have been getting a "Delayed Write Failure" on one of my
> external HD's. They are connected by Firewire connections.
>
> I am running XP Pro sp2
>
> Any thoughts out there?
>
> Thanks
> Dunc

Write Caching has been disabled all along.
Is that what you were referring to?

Dunc

"milsabords" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> For safety, delayed write should be disabled on removable devices.
>
> Fr.
>
> Dunc wrote:
>> Recently I have been getting a "Delayed Write Failure" on one of my
>> external HD's. They are connected by Firewire connections.
>>
>> I am running XP Pro sp2
>>
>> Any thoughts out there?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Dunc
>
>

Dunc[/QUOTE Wrote:
>
> Here's some reading for you;
> 'BusTrace' (http://www.bustrace.com/products/delayedwrite.htm)
> I'm still running SP1, so I don't get the delayed write falure.
> I don't know if the hotfixes from MS work. If and when I go to SP2
> before I plug in any firewire devices again (pci card, external drive
> I'm going to rename Sp2.cab to SP2.cabold) That step prevents SP2 fro
> installing it's whacked out drivers for firewire.
> When XP asks for the drivers for my combo usb/firewire card & ext
> drive, I'll just point it to the i386 folder on the SP1 CD.
>
> After 5 levels of call support to SP2 help; format, re-install XP SP1
> applications & data. (This after I was told to re-install SP1 over th
> top of SP2 by MS) The guy in India didn't have a clue, you could tel
> he was reading as we went along. He told me his name was "Larry."
> Anyway, enough ranting about my stuff, I do hope I've pointed you i
> the right direction. Post back if you need any more clarification.
> Treema

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Treeman

Yes.

Dunc wrote:
> Write Caching has been disabled all along.
> Is that what you were referring to?
>
> Dunc
>
> "milsabords" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> For safety, delayed write should be disabled on removable devices.
>>
>> Fr.
>>
>> Dunc wrote:
>>> Recently I have been getting a "Delayed Write Failure" on one of my
>>> external HD's. They are connected by Firewire connections.
>>>
>>> I am running XP Pro sp2
>>>
>>> Any thoughts out there?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dunc

milsabords[/QUOTE Wrote:
>
> Yes?
> Treeman


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Treeman