"Warning: write cache enabled, data corruption may occur."

[Elledan]

Over the past few months I've constantly seen this message appear in the event log on a W2k workstation:

"The driver detected that the device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 has its write cache enabled. Data corruption may occur. "

Then, occasionally:

"An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 during a paging operation. "

The HDD in question is a Maxtor 120 GB, connected to the onboard Promise RAID controller (set to ATA). The swap file is on a partition on this HDD.

I've tried to disable the write cache, but found that this option is greyed out in the drive's properties sheet.

Is there a way to disable the write cache, or is Windows going crazy?

 

[ameoba]

The write cache is only really an issue if you lose power while writing to the disk - I wouldn't give it much thought.


The "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 during a paging operation." is a much greater concern... It seems to indicate that you've either got -really- bad drivers, a hardware conflict or some bad hardware (maybe cabling?) somewhere...

 

[Ice Czar]

The "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 during a paging operation." is a much greater concern... It seems to indicate that you've either got -really- bad drivers, a hardware conflict or some bad hardware (maybe cabling?) somewhere...

and that it would be a good idea to start troubleshooting the issue
and ruling out the possible causes

Corruption 101
not that you havent seen that link a half dozen times

 

[Elledan]

and that it would be a good idea to start troubleshooting the issue
and ruling out the possible causes

Corruption 101
not that you havent seen that link a half dozen times

I think you just enjoy whacking people over the head with your links

Bad cabling/EMI might be an issue, as this HDD is wedged in the top 5.25" bay (because the case can only take 2 HDDs after you've filled the exposed 3.5" bays). The cable is not routed in a manner which I'm totally comfortable with.

As I'm upgrading this system anyway, I might just move everything to a new case, which actually was meant for more than 2 HDDs.

Thanks for the help

[..] -really- bad drivers [..]

Well, this _is_ Promise we're talking about