My computer has suddenly started to produce 'Delayed
Write Failure' error messages reporting that it has
been 'unable to save all the data for the file $Mft' on
my external partitioned HDD.

There seems to be no patern to these error messages. They
can appear either while I am working on the PC or if it
has been left inactive for a while.

After getting the message I check my external drive and
find a lot of files and folders missing. However, a
shutdown and restart shows all the files on the drive to
be intact.

Can anyone tell me what a 'Delayed Write Failue' message
is and why I'm suddenly getting loads of them - and
should I worry?

Before sending this e-mail I did a virus sweep, a defrag
and checked in Control Panels. Nothing shows that there
is anything wrong.

For your information my external drive is a LaCie 200Gb
HDD bought last summer. It runs off a USB 2.0 internal
hub in my PC.

Any help or advice would be incredibly welcome!

Thamesider

Take a look here. Seems alot of people are having that problem

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...re%27+&spell=1
"Thamesider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6cd701c3e696$03ede0f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My computer has suddenly started to produce 'Delayed
> Write Failure' error messages reporting that it has
> been 'unable to save all the data for the file $Mft' on
> my external partitioned HDD.
>
> There seems to be no patern to these error messages. They
> can appear either while I am working on the PC or if it
> has been left inactive for a while.
>
> After getting the message I check my external drive and
> find a lot of files and folders missing. However, a
> shutdown and restart shows all the files on the drive to
> be intact.
>
> Can anyone tell me what a 'Delayed Write Failue' message
> is and why I'm suddenly getting loads of them - and
> should I worry?
>
> Before sending this e-mail I did a virus sweep, a defrag
> and checked in Control Panels. Nothing shows that there
> is anything wrong.
>
> For your information my external drive is a LaCie 200Gb
> HDD bought last summer. It runs off a USB 2.0 internal
> hub in my PC.
>
> Any help or advice would be incredibly welcome!
>
> Thamesider

Rich,

Thanks for the info. At least I don't feel quite so alone
with my problem now!

Thamesider

>-----Original Message-----
> Take a look here. Seems alot of people are having
that problem
>
>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...8&oe=UTF-8&q=%
27Delayed+Write+Failure%27+&spell=1
>"Thamesider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
in message
>news:6cd701c3e696$03ede0f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My computer has suddenly started to produce 'Delayed
>> Write Failure' error messages reporting that it has
>> been 'unable to save all the data for the file $Mft' on
>> my external partitioned HDD.
>>
>> There seems to be no patern to these error messages.
They
>> can appear either while I am working on the PC or if it
>> has been left inactive for a while.
>>
>> After getting the message I check my external drive and
>> find a lot of files and folders missing. However, a
>> shutdown and restart shows all the files on the drive
to
>> be intact.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what a 'Delayed Write Failue'
message
>> is and why I'm suddenly getting loads of them - and
>> should I worry?
>>
>> Before sending this e-mail I did a virus sweep, a
defrag
>> and checked in Control Panels. Nothing shows that there
>> is anything wrong.
>>
>> For your information my external drive is a LaCie 200Gb
>> HDD bought last summer. It runs off a USB 2.0 internal
>> hub in my PC.
>>
>> Any help or advice would be incredibly welcome!
>>
>> Thamesider
>
>
>.
>