Re: [slim] Possible fix for Delayed Write Failed

2008-07-10 Thread egd
This problem will also manifest itself if you throw too much data at the USB channel eg. appending artwork to audio files causing the file to be rewritten whilst also having a copy operation going. In general, USB connectivity is a lot better than it used to be but it is still not a robust

Re: [slim] Possible fix for Delayed Write Failed

2008-07-10 Thread mswlogo
egd;318727 Wrote: This problem will also manifest itself if you throw too much data at the USB channel eg. appending artwork to audio files causing the file to be rewritten whilst also having a copy operation going. In general, USB connectivity is a lot better than it used to be but it is

Re: [slim] Possible fix for Delayed Write Failed

2008-07-10 Thread Uluen
Well, there is (not sure if it's fixed) a bug in XP causing this so if you don't bother patching your system you could lose data. -- Uluen 'FOYNLAND.ORG' (HTTP://FOYNLAND.ORG/) *'Discogs' (http://www.discogs.com/collection?user=Monklysort=artistorder=ascpage=1folder_id=)* 'LAST.FM'

Re: [slim] Possible fix for Delayed Write Failed

2008-07-10 Thread mswlogo
Uluen;318762 Wrote: Well, there is (not sure if it's fixed) a bug in XP causing this so if you don't bother patching your system you could lose data. XP SP2 had a hofix for a very specific chipset which didn't help most folks. That hotfix is supposedly incorporated in SP3 but it still fails

[slim] Possible fix for Delayed Write Failed

2008-07-09 Thread mswlogo
Since many of us use external USB drives on windows XP I'm sure there are some of you that have seen this error. I've searched and tried many things and it still failed. There are many reasons that can cause this but I think a common one, was what I ran into and finally fixed. The problem is