Errors and warnings from event viewer

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"DavidJ726" <DavidJ726@hasnoaddress.com> wrote in message
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> I've been experiencing problems with my PC involving the HD light on the
> front of the tower staying on longer than normal, followed by the PC
> completely freezing up. I looked at the event log and am seeing several
> different warning & errors which makes me 99% sure the D:\ drive is
> failing (a Maxtor that's less than 2 years old). Based on the
> descriptions below, would any of the experts here disagree?
>
> Also, are there other (better / different) tools I'm not aware of that's
> similar to the event viewer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David...
>
>
> Delayed Write Failed : Windows was unable to save all the data for the
> file D:\System Volume
>
> {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.
>
> The system failed to flush data to the transaction log. Corruption may
> occur.
>
> Windows - Delayed Write Failed : Windows was unable to save all the data
> for the file D:\$BitMap. The data has been lost. This error may be caused
> by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection.
>
> The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk1\D.
>
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