Guest rb Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Just got an error message of a type I haven't seen before, about a file I've never seen or heard of. The error message is telling me: 1. the file can't be saved 2. the data in the file is lost 3. try to save the file to another location. One of several problems here is I have no idea where the file they're talking about currently is. Nothing is showing as open. Here's the text: "Windows was unable to save all the data for the file G:\$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 file elsewhere" How do I find out what's going on, here, and figure out what I may have lost over this file corruption?
Guest Jim Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: what gives with this? (file problem) "rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:u5LFPMJ1HHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Just got an error message of a type I haven't seen before, about a file > I've never seen or heard of. > > The error message is telling me: > > 1. the file can't be saved > > 2. the data in the file is lost > > 3. try to save the file to another location. > > One of several problems here is I have no idea where the file they're > talking about currently is. Nothing is showing as open. > > Here's the text: > > "Windows was unable to save all the data for the file G:\$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 file elsewhere" > > How do I find out what's going on, here, and figure out what I may have > lost over this file corruption? > > > The error message contains the file name. It might be a hidden file or a system file. If so, you must enable IE to show such files. As for what the file might contain, I'll pass. Jim
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: what gives with this? (file problem) "rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:u5LFPMJ1HHA.728@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Just got an error message of a type I haven't seen before, about a file > I've never seen or heard of. > > The error message is telling me: > > 1. the file can't be saved > > 2. the data in the file is lost > > 3. try to save the file to another location. > > One of several problems here is I have no idea where the file they're > talking about currently is. Nothing is showing as open. > > Here's the text: > > "Windows was unable to save all the data for the file G:\$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 file elsewhere" > > How do I find out what's going on, here, and figure out what I may have > lost over this file corruption? Where is your G drive? What s the drive, physically, and how is it attached? You'lll probably also see that the first part of this message is "Delayed Write Failed". So, try googling the exact error message, which will return things like... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330174 http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci1041334,00.html HTH -pk
Guest rb Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: what gives with this? (file problem) }}} Where is your G drive? What s the drive, physically, and how is it attached? {{{ G drive is a USB hard drive plugged into my pc. I ran a search and couldn't find the file. I also looked at my files on G drive and don't have any idea if it's there. }}}You'lll probably also see that the first part of this message is "Delayed Write Failed". {{{ You're absolutely right. I should have included that header in the error message.
Guest Jim Posted August 2, 2007 Posted August 2, 2007 Re: what gives with this? (file problem) "rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:Ow2h6mK1HHA.5736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > }}} Where is your G drive? What s the drive, physically, and how is it > attached? {{{ > > G drive is a USB hard drive plugged into my pc. I ran a search and > couldn't find the file. I also looked at my files on G drive and don't > have any idea if it's there. > > }}}You'lll probably also see that the first part of this message is > "Delayed > Write Failed". {{{ > > You're absolutely right. I should have included that header in the error > message. > > > > The error message makes me think that the file was not in fact saved. The only place that you need to look is in the root folder of the drive. Jim
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