delayed write failure

[Vern]

Hello all - I am running XP sp2, with 2 HDs - the secondary drive is a 40g
Maxtor 6L040J2 4 1/2 years old.
this drive has 3 partitions D, E, and F - with E being the only NTFS
partition, set up for volume shadow copy. both D and F are FAT32.

I run NTBACKUP nightly, with the files being stored on the D partition of
the Maxtor.

lately Windows has been showing a popup window when I come down in the
morning, indicating the backup had a delayed write failure.
both the backup log and the event viewer show the job completed
successfully. event viewer does also show the so-called write failure.

I did a click and drag to the D partition, and got the same popup window and
event notices. - very small 10k file. the data is all copied correctly.
doing the same to the F partition shows NO errors... hmmm?

next I disabled the delayed write for the Maxtor.
the problem still occurs in the same way.

so it appears that the message is FALSE, and my question is, how can I get
XP to quit reporting this apparently phony message?

thanks for any help,

Vern

 

[Kelly]

Do some reading here, Vern and good luck!

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...earch&meta=group=microsoft.public.windowsxp.*

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Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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[Ron Bogart]

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Do some reading here, Vern and good luck!

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...earch&meta=group=microsoft.public.windowsxp.*

Sine OE seems to drop off the ".*" try this link instead
http://tinyurl.com/3vylm

 

[Kelly]

Thanks, Ron. ;o)

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Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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