Windows Delayed write failed

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Tomdarkness

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Hey,

I keep getting this balloon popup basically saying "Windows Delayed Write Failed".

If I go and check the Event Log I get:

Message 1:
The device 'Maxtor 7Y250M0' (IDE\DiskMaxtor_7Y250M0__________________________YAR51HW0\3659503551454553202020202020202020202020) disappeared from the system without first being prepared for removal.
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Message 2:
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout period.
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Message 3:
The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may occur.
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Message 4:
{Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable to save all the data for the file . 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.

This has only started happening since I got a replacment hard drive from Seagate/Maxtor since my old one failed and I installed a new hard drive I bought as I was running out of space anyway.

Thanks,

Tom
 
Hey,

Thanks for the link. I ran the tests and it passed fine, the SMART status of the drive is fine as well.

Ill check the connections now, could it be a problem with the SATA cable itself? Perhaps its worth while trying another SATA cable.

I am not sure.. but since my PSU is only 300w and I have quite alot of components could lack of power be a problem? The reason I say I am not sure is that its only this hard drive that "fails" and none of the other components in the PC ever "fail".

Cromewell said:
I've seen this happen on network drives but not on the machines internal drive. I'd say they gave you a bad drive back but I suppose there's no harm in checking all the connections.

You can try using SeaTools to try and run diagnostics on the drive: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
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I would need to know the rest of the specs of your computer to know if the power is low but I would expect that to show up in other places first.
 
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