Microsoft KB Archive/298964

= Delay Write Operation May Not Work After You Eject Removable Media =

Article ID: 298964

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q298964



SYMPTOMS
When you eject removable media (such as from a magneto-optical [MO] drive), you may receive the following error message:

The Delay Write operation failed.



CAUSE
If you eject the removable media by using the eject button after you access a file on that drive, Windows may try to update the last access date information on the drive even though there is no media in the drive. This causes the error message to appear. Even if the message appears, the data in the file is not collapsed, but the last access date information is not updated.



WORKAROUND
To prevent this issue from occurring, do no eject removable media shortly after accessing a file on the drive.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbhardware kbprb KB298964

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