Microsoft KB Archive/160653

= NTFS Fails Assertion Under High Stress During Transfer =

Article ID: 160653

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160653



SYMPTOMS
A computer running Windows NT 4.0 that is running the checked build of Windows NT under high stress may assert with the following message in Ntfs.sys.

Assertion failed: NextIsAllocated || FlagOn(Vcb->VcbState,

VCB_STATE_RESTART_IN_PROGRESS) ||

(Scb == Vcb->MftScb) || CompressedStream



CAUSE
NTFS failed the assertion under high stress preparing a nonbuffered transfer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: KB160653

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