Lost Delayed-Write Data

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Beemer Biker

I am seeing this error on my Dell 8300 workstation when transfering large
amounts of data (many small files, not just a few big ones) from network
devices to my hard drive.

{Lost Delayed-Write Data} The system was attempting to transfer file data
from buffers to \Device\HarddiskVolume2. The write operation failed, and
only some of the data may have been written to the file

I cannot account for the Volume2 identity. There is only one hard drive on
my workstation. It would be nice to know what files might have failed to be
written.

I then copied and pasted about 250mb of project files from network attached
storage to my C drive. While that transfer was going on I picked up three
more project directories from another network server and dropped those.
There were small, about 2 - 3 mb in total size, but a lot of files. Got
about 3 more of those delayed write errors all referring to Volume2

Last week I replaced a failing 160gb maxtor with a western digital WD800JB ,
80gb drive. I have a modern P4 system, 3200mhz with intel 82801EB
controller and all the lastest SP, updates and patches from Microsoft. The
WD was a working drive, spare, that came from a server but it had not been
used for 6 months or so.

I assume this is a hardware problem correct? I googled around and saw
recommendations such as latest SP, turning off write cache and even
registery patches. I turned off the write cache, maybe that will fix the
problem???

I wonder if the problem is not the drive but the DMA controller for that
intel chipset or the driver that handles the transfer?

Maybe the problem I had with the maxtor was really a motherboard problem?

Are there some tools that can spot the problem and define it better? This
is an internal drive and not on 1394bus.


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I am seeing this error on my Dell 8300 workstation when transfering large
amounts of data (many small files, not just a few big ones) from network
devices to my hard drive.

{Lost Delayed-Write Data} The system was attempting to transfer file data
from buffers to \Device\HarddiskVolume2. The write operation failed, and
only some of the data may have been written to the file
Click to expand...



look in Event Viewer/system and see what error codes you have.
 
Al Dykes said:
look in Event Viewer/system and see what error codes you have.
Click to expand...

That is where I got the above message. Error code was 50 and I looked that
up. Not too helpful. I even filled out the microsoft survey and told them
their answer was not too helpful, but I thanked them for asking me how I
felt about them.
 
These articles may help you determine what's going on.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q314093
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159865/

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:
|I am seeing this error on my Dell 8300 workstation when transfering large
| amounts of data (many small files, not just a few big ones) from network
| devices to my hard drive.
|
| {Lost Delayed-Write Data} The system was attempting to transfer file data
| from buffers to \Device\HarddiskVolume2. The write operation failed, and
| only some of the data may have been written to the file
|
| I cannot account for the Volume2 identity. There is only one hard drive
on
| my workstation. It would be nice to know what files might have failed to
be
| written.
|
| I then copied and pasted about 250mb of project files from network
attached
| storage to my C drive. While that transfer was going on I picked up three
| more project directories from another network server and dropped those.
| There were small, about 2 - 3 mb in total size, but a lot of files. Got
| about 3 more of those delayed write errors all referring to Volume2
|
| Last week I replaced a failing 160gb maxtor with a western digital WD800JB
,
| 80gb drive. I have a modern P4 system, 3200mhz with intel 82801EB
| controller and all the lastest SP, updates and patches from Microsoft.
The
| WD was a working drive, spare, that came from a server but it had not been
| used for 6 months or so.
|
| I assume this is a hardware problem correct? I googled around and saw
| recommendations such as latest SP, turning off write cache and even
| registery patches. I turned off the write cache, maybe that will fix the
| problem???
|
| I wonder if the problem is not the drive but the DMA controller for that
| intel chipset or the driver that handles the transfer?
|
| Maybe the problem I had with the maxtor was really a motherboard problem?
|
| Are there some tools that can spot the problem and define it better?
This
| is an internal drive and not on 1394bus.
|
|
| --
| =======================================================================
| Beemer Biker (e-mail address removed)
| http://TipsForTheComputingImpaired.com
| http://ResearchRiders.org Ask about my 99'R1100RT
| =======================================================================
|
|
 
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