Delayed Write Failed Error with USB drive
Trouble:
I have been using my portable hard disk
drive for more than an year now. Its a laptop hard-disk of 2.5 inches, 80GB
capacity with a USB 2.0 casing. By now the drive has become nearly full, there is little free
space.
Three days back, I got a warning
saying
“Windows delayed write
failed - Windows was unable to save all the data for the file M:\$Mft.
The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer
hardware or network connection. Please try to save this data elsewhere.”
For a moment I thought that disk is going faulty, but
with some hit and trial, I got it fixed.
Let me share the solution with you.
Fix:
This kind of problem is observed
when the
drive is almost full and there is some problem being faced by the disk in
maintaining the file allocation table. This problem can be fixed in some easy
steps:
1. Delete some un-necessary stuff
from your drive and make at-least 5% of the total disk space as free space. See this post in case you need more
details.
2. Open My Computer,
right click on the USB drive, click on properties.
3. Go to Tools >
Error-checking and select option to check now as shown in the image below.
4. This will show a window like the one
below. Check the check-boxes to Automatically fix the file system and
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. Click Start.
NOTE: If you are not able to run this scan, disconnect the
drive and try again. If the USB malfunction error is received, see this post for solving it.
This scan may take a few minutes to
a few hours depending on the
disk size and type of file
system. Keep patience and let it complete properly. Once this is done, re-start
your computer.
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