delayed write error / supposed hardware failure

[Dan DeRemer]

Sometimes I find it to be a little funny that I end up
over looking something that was never even considered and
that ends up being the root of the problem. After a bit
more research and one last install of windows, I decided
to read ati's readme for their video driver. Here is what
I found:

http://www.geocities.com/flood8496/radeon.html

This little detail is what was causing my problem. Hope
this helps anyone with a similar problem.

>-----Original Message-----
>I keep getting a balloon tip in my system tray wity a
>yellow exclamation triangle that is titled "Windows -
>Delayed Write Error" and it tells me that there is an
>error writing a particular file to the hard drive at a
>particular location and that it is the result of
>a "computer hardware failure or network failure". Could
>this be that my hard drive is dying? I noticed this after
>I installed Windows Media Player 9. Also, I've been
>tweaking my Group Policies and Services. Has anyone here
>had this error before? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
>
>My system specs:
>Antec TruePower 380w PSU
>MSI KT3 Ultra
>GEIL 512MB PC2700 rated at CL2 5-2-2-1T
>ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
>SB Live! 5.1
>Linksys WMP11 v2.7 802.11b NIC
>Western Digital 40GB 5400 RPM HDD
>Yamaha CRW-F1E CD-RW drive
>
>Latest VIA, ATI, and Creative drivers
>Windows XP Pro SP1a
>
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