Error "Windows - Delayed Write Failed"

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=?Utf-8?B?Tm90IHNvIFhQ?= <Not so XP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:7DE92631-30AA-43BA-A12D-4400F97F9733@microsoft.com:

> I think that when Windows start up that it tries writing things to the
> registry but it can't and now I am stuck with 100's of these error
> screens displaying "Windows - Delayed Write Failed"

Also can be pending doom of the hard drive or mb ide channel.

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Try the following:-
Right click on My Computer|Properties|Hardware|Device Manager|Select the
Disk Drive|Properties|Polices}Uncheck the box against 'Enable write
caching on the disk'|Ok.
See if this helps.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP



Not so XP wrote:
> I think that when Windows start up that it tries writing things to the
> registry but it can't and now I am stuck with 100's of these error screens
> displaying "Windows - Delayed Write Failed"

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