Sounds like a problem with the external drive -- Windows tried to write to the external drive "F:" and it wasn't ready or on line. Had you disconnected or powered off the external drive before going through the Windows "Safely remove..." routine? What kind of help do you need for your external drive? Your questions about that may be related to this error message. Kraig --- Fred Frederick <[email protected]> wrote: > I use Windows XP pro. An error message tells me that "Windows Delayed > Write > Failed unable to save all data for F:\$Mft. Data lost, cannot be > saved, > error may be caused by hardware failure or network connection. Try to > save > elsewhere." > > As far as I can tell nothing has happened to the computer. I have > accessed > and viewed all my files and photos. My son and I are networked but he > has > had no problem with his computer. > > I use external hard drive, Maxtor, about which I need some help, but > for now > I backup the files every month or so. No problem with using that two > days > ago. > > You folks are so knowledgeable that this might be too trivial to take > your > time, but I sure hope someone will explain this latest computer error > message. > > Thank you. > > Fred Frederick, Sr. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited

On 12/6/06, K Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like a problem with the external drive -- Windows tried to write > to the external drive "F:" and it wasn't ready or on line. Had you > disconnected or powered off the external drive before going through the > Windows "Safely remove..." routine? and What kind of help do you need for your external drive? Your questions about that may be related to this error message. Dear Kraig: I did not follow a safely remove routine. I did not see instructions to do so, but my vision is bad so could have missed it. Please tell me what to look for when backup is finished? The problem I have with the Maxtor is knowing what type of backup to do. It seems there are two choices: one requires a floppy disk, the other does not. 2. does that hard drive get too full? When should I delete previous backups? Thank you for the help. Fred, Sr.