Delayed Write Failed

[CoastMtns]

Recently I have be getting the pop-up balloon stating:

{Delayed Write Failed}
Windows was unable to save all the data for the file x.
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.

I am not sure exactly what it means as often the file is a small .jpg or
something referring to a webpage I am accessing.

Someone has mentioned it may be minor or it may be a lead up to something
fatal, such as a loss of a hard drive.

Assistance and direction is appreciated.

Thanks, Bob

 

[JS]

"Delayed Write Failed"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330174

Also: http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci1041334,00.html

There is a utility that worth looking into:
SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
The SMART tab displays current smart info on the drive you select and at
your option provides an on-line analysis of the drive.

JS

 

[Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]]

where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external drive
or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon... if
the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

Well I was not actively writing to anything it appeared to be a normal
process of the machine, so to the hard drive.

 

[CoastMtns]

So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an imminent
drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that forecast. Soooo any
ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a suggestion on what woudl
be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob

 

[Bob I]

That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup is
ALWAYS recommended.

So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an imminent
drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that forecast. Soooo any
ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a suggestion on what woudl
be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob

where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external drive
or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon... if
the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst time,
not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new hard drive
soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob

That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup is
ALWAYS recommended.

So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a
suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a
new hard drive?

thanks, Bob

where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external drive
or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon... if
the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[Bob I]

Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst time,
not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new hard drive
soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob

That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup is
ALWAYS recommended.

So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a
suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a
new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message

where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external drive
or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon... if
the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

As I have a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA2 3GB/S 7200RPM 16MB Cache
NCQ Hard Dive, I went to the Seagate website and downloaded Seatools for
Windows, (the DOS Seatools may be a bit much for me). Unfortunately, when
Seatools scans for supportred drives I get a message that "this device will
support pass through" what ever that means. Then another message about an
"unhandled exception". When I am given the opportunity to continue anyway,
my drive is not listed/located. Soooo on to writing Seagate.

Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new
hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob

That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup is
ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:

So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a
suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a
new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message

where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon...
if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer

Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new
hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob

That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup is
ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:

So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a
suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a
new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message

where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon...
if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[Bob I]

Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing size"
is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer

Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:

Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new
hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob





That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup is
ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:


So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there a
suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop for a
new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message


where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon...
if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?

Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing size"
is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer

Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:


Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new
hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob





That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup
is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:


So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there
a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop
for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message


where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon...
if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[Bob I]

Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?

Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing size"
is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer




Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:



Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha new
hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob






That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup
is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:



So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is there
a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to shop
for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message



where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray icon...
if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of dropping
in my windows disk and installing

Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?

Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing size"
is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:

Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer




Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:



Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha
new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob






That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup
is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:



So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is
there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to
shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote
in message



where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[Bob I]

Why not get the Seagate "clone" utility they have for download and use
that instead of starting from scratch , would save a heck of alot of time!

Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of dropping
in my windows disk and installing

Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

CoastMtns wrote:

I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?




Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing size"
is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:


Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer





Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:




Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha
new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob







That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test to
verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current backup
is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:




So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is
there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start to
shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote
in message




where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an external
drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

Yes, I will now be cloning the hard drive onto the same model, looks like I
will be using Acronis True Image 10, I was told Norton Ghosts does not
support SATA drives. Apparently, it will be straight forward with no
messing around with jumpers as it is SATA to SATA. I do not believe I need
to do anything in the BIOS set up on installation

Why not get the Seagate "clone" utility they have for download and use
that instead of starting from scratch , would save a heck of alot of time!

Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of
dropping in my windows disk and installing

Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

CoastMtns wrote:


I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?




Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing
size" is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:


Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer





Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you the
hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:




Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the worst
time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go witha
new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob







That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the drive
diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site and test
to verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a current
backup is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:




So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have an
imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about that
forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails. Is
there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe start
to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote
in message




where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an
external drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

In preparation of cloning my hdd I deleted alot off the drive. Since then
I have not scene the balloon pop-up telling me " Delayed Write Failed".
Could this be because I freed up alot of undamaged disk and my drive is
still failing? Or was there something else going on that has been corrected?
I guess just replacing it now as I did have indications it was failing is
best?

Thanks, Bob

Yes, I will now be cloning the hard drive onto the same model, looks like
I will be using Acronis True Image 10, I was told Norton Ghosts does not
support SATA drives. Apparently, it will be straight forward with no
messing around with jumpers as it is SATA to SATA. I do not believe I
need to do anything in the BIOS set up on installation

Why not get the Seagate "clone" utility they have for download and use
that instead of starting from scratch , would save a heck of alot of
time!

Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of
dropping in my windows disk and installing


Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

CoastMtns wrote:


I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?




Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing
size" is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:


Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer





Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you
the hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:




Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the
worst time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go
witha new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob







That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the
drive diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site
and test to verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a
current backup is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:




So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have
an imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about
that forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails.
Is there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe
start to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com>
wrote in message




where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an
external drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive
failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[Bob I]

I think at this point I would move forward with the replacement plan.
You know what they say about second guessing!

In preparation of cloning my hdd I deleted alot off the drive. Since then
I have not scene the balloon pop-up telling me " Delayed Write Failed".
Could this be because I freed up alot of undamaged disk and my drive is
still failing? Or was there something else going on that has been corrected?
I guess just replacing it now as I did have indications it was failing is
best?

Thanks, Bob

Yes, I will now be cloning the hard drive onto the same model, looks like
I will be using Acronis True Image 10, I was told Norton Ghosts does not
support SATA drives. Apparently, it will be straight forward with no
messing around with jumpers as it is SATA to SATA. I do not believe I
need to do anything in the BIOS set up on installation

Why not get the Seagate "clone" utility they have for download and use
that instead of starting from scratch , would save a heck of alot of
time!

CoastMtns wrote:


Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of
dropping in my windows disk and installing



Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

CoastMtns wrote:



I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the same
information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers utility?





Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing
size" is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:



Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer






Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you
the hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:





Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the
worst time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should go
witha new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob








That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the
drive diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site
and test to verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having a
current backup is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:





So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have
an imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about
that forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive fails.
Is there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like maybe
start to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com>
wrote in message





where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an
external drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive
failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[CoastMtns]

Too right!

Thanks for all your help. Look for my posts when I start having cloning
issues!

Bob

I think at this point I would move forward with the replacement plan. You
know what they say about second guessing!

In preparation of cloning my hdd I deleted alot off the drive. Since
then I have not scene the balloon pop-up telling me " Delayed Write
Failed". Could this be because I freed up alot of undamaged disk and my
drive is still failing? Or was there something else going on that has
been corrected? I guess just replacing it now as I did have indications
it was failing is best?

Thanks, Bob

Yes, I will now be cloning the hard drive onto the same model, looks like
I will be using Acronis True Image 10, I was told Norton Ghosts does not
support SATA drives. Apparently, it will be straight forward with no
messing around with jumpers as it is SATA to SATA. I do not believe I
need to do anything in the BIOS set up on installation



Why not get the Seagate "clone" utility they have for download and use
that instead of starting from scratch , would save a heck of alot of
time!

CoastMtns wrote:


Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of
dropping in my windows disk and installing



Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

CoastMtns wrote:



I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the
same information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers
utility?





Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing
size" is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:



Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer






Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you
the hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:





Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the
worst time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should
go witha new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob








That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the
drive diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site
and test to verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having
a current backup is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:





So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have
an imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about
that forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive
fails. Is there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like
maybe start to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com>
wrote in message





where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an
external drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive
failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

 

[Bob I]

Try this link first,
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard

Too right!

Thanks for all your help. Look for my posts when I start having cloning
issues!

Bob

I think at this point I would move forward with the replacement plan. You
know what they say about second guessing!

In preparation of cloning my hdd I deleted alot off the drive. Since
then I have not scene the balloon pop-up telling me " Delayed Write
Failed". Could this be because I freed up alot of undamaged disk and my
drive is still failing? Or was there something else going on that has
been corrected? I guess just replacing it now as I did have indications
it was failing is best?

Thanks, Bob




Yes, I will now be cloning the hard drive onto the same model, looks like
I will be using Acronis True Image 10, I was told Norton Ghosts does not
support SATA drives. Apparently, it will be straight forward with no
messing around with jumpers as it is SATA to SATA. I do not believe I
need to do anything in the BIOS set up on installation




Why not get the Seagate "clone" utility they have for download and use
that instead of starting from scratch , would save a heck of alot of
time!

CoastMtns wrote:



Well it look like I will be replacing the hard drive tomorrow. A new
Seagate, as the old is under warranty. I hope this is a matter of
dropping in my windows disk and installing




Nope, the manufacturers utility is written to handle, interrogate,
interpret their hardware, each manufacturer has their own utility.

CoastMtns wrote:




I ran Norton Disk Doctor, nothing unusual. Would this give me the
same information concerning my disk status as the manufacturers
utility?






Umm, thats about right. if you read the fine print, the "marketing
size" is quoted in Decimal bytes (1000) while computers actually use
binary(1024), plus a little space is used in formatting.

CoastMtns wrote:




Oh yes, my 320GB hard drive displays as 298GB with My Computer







Start with the drive diagnostic utility first. THAT will tell you
the hardware status of the drive.

CoastMtns wrote:






Yes, I have backed up. My concern is that it may fail at the
worst time, not like there is a good time. I wonder if I should
go witha new hard drive soner than later?

No way this can be a Windows XP pblm is there?

thanks, Bob









That is like predicting a lightning strike, you could get the
drive diagnostic software from the drive manufacturers web site
and test to verify that it wasn't a hardware hiccup, but having
a current backup is ALWAYS recommended.

CoastMtns wrote:






So as the machine was writing to the internal hard drive I have
an imminent drive failure. Well, there is nothong good about
that forecast. Soooo any ideas on how soon my hard drive
fails. Is there a suggestion on what woudl be a good idea? Like
maybe start to shop for a new hard drive?

thanks, Bob


"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com>
wrote in message






where are you writing to... the internal hard drive or an
external drive or memory stick?

If the latter, be sure you use the "safely remove..." systray
icon... if the former, you likely have an imminent drive
failure.

"got backup?"

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]