Event ID 51

Discussion in 'Software' started by otieatkins, Nov 17, 2009.

  1. otieatkins

    otieatkins Private E-2

    Good Morning,
    I keep getting an Event ID 51 (not being able to write my data to a drive). I think I already lost 1 drive due to this.
    I've been through Microsoft and all I got was "Geek" talk
    so hopefully all you smart repliers will understand what they were trying to say because I haven't a clue. The one thing that I did see was that I didn't have cache assigned to the drive, but, then they went on to say it wasn't for my system.
    I have an Alienware 3.66 GH, 4 mb ram, XP sp3, IE7.
    Thanks, hope you can come up with the answer!!
    Dianne
     
    otieatkins, Nov 17, 2009
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I rarely look at the errors and warnings in the logs because I can't figure out the fixes.

    There must be a reason why you looked at the logs so let me ask you a) what were you trying to do and b ) what happened? That will help me more than some error or warning in a logfile.
     
    plodr, Nov 17, 2009
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  3. otieatkins

    otieatkins Private E-2

    Hi Plodr,
    Thank you so much for replying to my post. Th reson I was looking is because I keep getting an error message popup that tells me "failed writing to disk, please try to save the file elsewhere". But, I can't because the file is gone. I figured maybe the event log would help me figure out what was going on. I'm also going to post over in "hardware" so if you're good with that too, take a look.
    Back to this problem - am I looking in the wrong place to try and fix this problem?
     
    otieatkins, Nov 18, 2009
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  4. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    What where you trying to write? In other words, are you using Office or notepad? Or are you trying to write to a CD or DVD and using a burning program.
    I can troubleshoot better if I knew a specific program.

    That I can't answer; all I know is that it doesn't help me. :-D The may be a geek here who knows exactly what this means and how to fix it - just not me.

    People also post minidumps but again, I can't read them and our expert on minidumps Adrynalyne, doesn't come around these parts too much any more.

    If you can find a minidump, this guide might help
    http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35246

    about the only thing I can understand in all that is
    DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:
    SYMBOL_NAME:
    MODULE_NAME:
    IMAGE_NAME:

    those items pinpoint what file or process is causing the problem.

    Of course I have minidump turned off because it is a waste of hd space to create something I have a hard time understanding.
     
    Last edited: Nov 18, 2009
    plodr, Nov 18, 2009
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  5. otieatkins

    otieatkins Private E-2

    It's weird because I wasn't trying to write anything. it's like the system was doing something in the background and failed! If/when it happens again I'll keep all the info and send it here.
    Did I say thanks for all your effort? Thanks!!
     
    otieatkins, Nov 18, 2009
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