apu95
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- 25 Apr 2002
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im panicking here....i just tried to boot up my pc and it gave me an error while trying to log into my user. the error message was as follows:
"Windows Write Delay Failed
Windows was unable to save all the data to c:\$mft [or other times it would be c:\windows]. The data has been lost. This failure may be caused by a failure of your computer's hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere."
Now, this surprised me because just today in the morning I was using my pc and listening to music like nothing was wrong. I didnt install any software and I only used the pc in the morning, and its been off the rest of the day.
I tried rebooting to see what happened, and strangely enough, chkdsk was activated. It started scanning my c drive first. I let it scan and it found some errors (which havent been there before). I looked at the info after it finished scanning and it said:
Correcting errors in the MFT's BITMAP Attribute
Correcting errors in the volume bitmap
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
Afterwards it scanned my other partitions e and f, and it gave the same messages as in drive c (I only have one hard drive, 120 gb, split into three partitions). Its now stuck in a loop....I boot it up, it gives the errors, reboots on its own about a minute after the error appears, then chkdsk comes in, checks all 3 partitions, goes to logon screen and it starts again with the error....I'm freaking out here cuz I have a ton of info that hasnt been backed up.
any ideas on why this happened? and more importantly, how to fix it without losing my data? i wouldnt mind erasing the c drive, but in the e and f partitions i have everything important and im afraid they may be affected too...
thx for any ideas!!
Apu
"Windows Write Delay Failed
Windows was unable to save all the data to c:\$mft [or other times it would be c:\windows]. The data has been lost. This failure may be caused by a failure of your computer's hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere."
Now, this surprised me because just today in the morning I was using my pc and listening to music like nothing was wrong. I didnt install any software and I only used the pc in the morning, and its been off the rest of the day.
I tried rebooting to see what happened, and strangely enough, chkdsk was activated. It started scanning my c drive first. I let it scan and it found some errors (which havent been there before). I looked at the info after it finished scanning and it said:
Correcting errors in the MFT's BITMAP Attribute
Correcting errors in the volume bitmap
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
Afterwards it scanned my other partitions e and f, and it gave the same messages as in drive c (I only have one hard drive, 120 gb, split into three partitions). Its now stuck in a loop....I boot it up, it gives the errors, reboots on its own about a minute after the error appears, then chkdsk comes in, checks all 3 partitions, goes to logon screen and it starts again with the error....I'm freaking out here cuz I have a ton of info that hasnt been backed up.
any ideas on why this happened? and more importantly, how to fix it without losing my data? i wouldnt mind erasing the c drive, but in the e and f partitions i have everything important and im afraid they may be affected too...
thx for any ideas!!
Apu