Guest seanmig Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Hi, A few of our users are getting "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. Please try to save this file elsewhere" when trying to save an Excel file in a network share. These users are running Windows XP SP2 and the share is on a Windows 2003. I've already checked article 321733 and tried applying the hotfix but couldn't even install it since we are already using XP SP2. Has anyone encounter something like this before and fixed it? Thanks and regards, Seanmig
Guest Mark F. Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Delayed Write failed "seanmig" <seanmig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4CE2BF23-B27E-4506-9230-A60ADA8750FE@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > A few of our users are getting "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. > Please > try to save this file elsewhere" when trying to save an Excel file in a > network share. These users are running Windows XP SP2 and the share is > on a > Windows 2003. > > I've already checked article 321733 and tried applying the hotfix but > couldn't even install it since we are already using XP SP2. > > Has anyone encounter something like this before and fixed it? > > Thanks and regards, > > Seanmig Are you using a server with RAID drives? Server error logs may help you. Possible reasons are stated in the error message: 1. the shared network drive was not available. 2. a hardware problem occurred on either the source or target machine(s) (e.g., cables, hard drive, memory module, etc). Systematically check from point A to point B for a problem. One make one change at a time. If that is not a fix, undo it, try another. Create a test file that you don't mind losing and attempt to recreate the problem. Check the "Events Viewer" for error messages too. Start > Run > eventvwr.msc > click OK. Mark
Guest seanmig Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Delayed Write failed Thanks for your reply Mark. Yes we are using RAID drive in the server but I can't see any error in the logs that could cause this. I need to do more troubleshooting on this one. Regards, Charles "Mark F." wrote: > > "seanmig" <seanmig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4CE2BF23-B27E-4506-9230-A60ADA8750FE@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > A few of our users are getting "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. > > Please > > try to save this file elsewhere" when trying to save an Excel file in a > > network share. These users are running Windows XP SP2 and the share is > > on a > > Windows 2003. > > > > I've already checked article 321733 and tried applying the hotfix but > > couldn't even install it since we are already using XP SP2. > > > > Has anyone encounter something like this before and fixed it? > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > Seanmig > > Are you using a server with RAID drives? Server error logs may help you. > > Possible reasons are stated in the error message: > 1. the shared network drive was not available. > 2. a hardware problem occurred on either the source or target machine(s) > (e.g., cables, hard drive, memory module, etc). > > Systematically check from point A to point B for a problem. One make one > change at a time. If that is not a fix, undo it, try another. Create a test > file that you don't mind losing and attempt to recreate the problem. Check > the "Events Viewer" for error messages too. Start > Run > eventvwr.msc > > click OK. > > Mark > > >
Guest Syed Moin Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Delayed Write failed Hi I am getting an error similarly "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. Please try to save this file elsewhere" when trying to save a file on VSS which is on a Windows 2003 Server with RAID. The users are running Windows XP SP2. Obtained hotfix couldn't install since PCs are with XP SP2. Pls help me to fix this. "seanmig" wrote: > Thanks for your reply Mark. Yes we are using RAID drive in the server but I > can't see any error in the logs that could cause this. > > I need to do more troubleshooting on this one. > > Regards, > > Charles > > "Mark F." wrote: > > > > > "seanmig" <seanmig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:4CE2BF23-B27E-4506-9230-A60ADA8750FE@microsoft.com... > > > Hi, > > > > > > A few of our users are getting "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. > > > Please > > > try to save this file elsewhere" when trying to save an Excel file in a > > > network share. These users are running Windows XP SP2 and the share is > > > on a > > > Windows 2003. > > > > > > I've already checked article 321733 and tried applying the hotfix but > > > couldn't even install it since we are already using XP SP2. > > > > > > Has anyone encounter something like this before and fixed it? > > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > > > > Seanmig > > > > Are you using a server with RAID drives? Server error logs may help you. > > > > Possible reasons are stated in the error message: > > 1. the shared network drive was not available. > > 2. a hardware problem occurred on either the source or target machine(s) > > (e.g., cables, hard drive, memory module, etc). > > > > Systematically check from point A to point B for a problem. One make one > > change at a time. If that is not a fix, undo it, try another. Create a test > > file that you don't mind losing and attempt to recreate the problem. Check > > the "Events Viewer" for error messages too. Start > Run > eventvwr.msc > > > click OK. > > > > Mark > > > > > >
Guest Mark F. Posted September 13, 2007 Posted September 13, 2007 Re: Delayed Write failed "Syed Moin" <Syed Moin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:46D82ED9-BD91-4D1B-9684-41412AF02F33@microsoft.com... > Hi > I am getting an error similarly > > "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. Please try to save this file > elsewhere" when trying to save a file on VSS which is on a Windows 2003 > Server with RAID. The users are running Windows XP SP2. Obtained hotfix > couldn't install since PCs are with XP SP2. > > Pls help me to fix this. > "when trying to save a file on VSS " Are you referring to "Volume Shadow copy Service" or "Visual Source Safe" for developer IDE? Service Pack 2 is here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb229701.aspx List of Updates for WS 2003 - SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914962 Updated Support Tools for WS 2003 - SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=96A35011-FD83-419D-939B-9A772EA2DF90&displaylang=en I am not an expert on Raid, however I have heard of taking drives off line one at a time (systematically) and checking them for hardware errors. Each time a drive is removed the system is restarted while the drive is diagnosed or tested on an other machine. If the problem clears up you have found the problem. Don't forget to check the disks for overheating and check the cables too! HTH Mark
Guest seanmig Posted September 14, 2007 Posted September 14, 2007 Re: Delayed Write failed Try setting the speed and duplexing manually to 100mb full (or whatever you're using) in the workstations NIC, servers NIC and switches ports they are connected to instead of setting it to AUTO. This seem to do the trick for us. Seanmig "Mark F." wrote: > > "Syed Moin" <Syed Moin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:46D82ED9-BD91-4D1B-9684-41412AF02F33@microsoft.com... > > Hi > > I am getting an error similarly > > > > "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. Please try to save this file > > elsewhere" when trying to save a file on VSS which is on a Windows 2003 > > Server with RAID. The users are running Windows XP SP2. Obtained hotfix > > couldn't install since PCs are with XP SP2. > > > > Pls help me to fix this. > > > > "when trying to save a file on VSS " > Are you referring to "Volume Shadow copy Service" or "Visual Source Safe" > for developer IDE? > > Service Pack 2 is here: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb229701.aspx > > List of Updates for WS 2003 - SP2: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914962 > > Updated Support Tools for WS 2003 - SP2: > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=96A35011-FD83-419D-939B-9A772EA2DF90&displaylang=en > > I am not an expert on Raid, however I have heard of taking drives off line > one at a time (systematically) and checking them for hardware errors. Each > time a drive is removed the system is restarted while the drive is diagnosed > or tested on an other machine. If the problem clears up you have found the > problem. Don't forget to check the disks for overheating and check the > cables too! > > HTH > Mark > > >
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