I am running Windows 2000 server. Veritas backup9.0.
symantec Corporate 8.1 and not to much else.; Using an
external usb 2.0 sevice for backup. The problem is that I
continually get Windows delayed write failure errors in
the form of \hardrive\$mft as an example. Everythoing
that I have read suggest hardware failure but it seems to
be running fine except for that. Does anybody have any
ideas?

Thanks
The DR

Dr here is a possible fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000
Mike D
"DRHUMP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am running Windows 2000 server. Veritas backup9.0.
> symantec Corporate 8.1 and not to much else.; Using an
> external usb 2.0 sevice for backup. The problem is that I
> continually get Windows delayed write failure errors in
> the form of \hardrive\$mft as an example. Everythoing
> that I have read suggest hardware failure but it seems to
> be running fine except for that. Does anybody have any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks
> The DR

"DRHUMP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c2f101c4085b$5f2430f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am running Windows 2000 server. Veritas backup9.0.
> symantec Corporate 8.1 and not to much else.; Using an
> external usb 2.0 sevice for backup. The problem is that I
> continually get Windows delayed write failure errors in
> the form of \hardrive\$mft as an example. Everythoing
> that I have read suggest hardware failure but it seems to
> be running fine except for that. Does anybody have any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks
> The DR

I have a similar problem with a USB 1.1 Pen Drive on Windows 2000 Pro, since
I upgraded to SP4. Can copy small files OK ( < 12 MB) but anything larger
fails with the Delayed Write Error.

I have retested the pen drive on a system with Win 2000 Pro SP1 and it works
flawlessly on 200+ MB copies.

Have filed an Online Assisted Support form with Microsoft, but not holding
my breath :-)