Error writing to C - long

Installed Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0 SE, to a 98SE platform. Process
also installs DirectX 9, even though its already installed, and something
called MS WMA. There is no alternative installation choice. It was
packaged with a firewire (TI chip) PCI card from SIIG.

After the installation, I attempt to shutdown and reboot. During this
process there is a blue screen indicating error writing to c, press any key
to continue. No other choices. Upon restart, scandisk starts interrupting
the boot process indicating there was a write error during shutdown (duh).
Scandisk can find nothing, even in thorough mode system and data areas.
Tried same in windows, same outcome. It does find a long filename error,
but the file is not consistent (see below).

Another error is the dxdlldiag.exe is place in the run section of the
registry. A program, which does not open by default at startup "Quikview
Plus", opens. QVP indicates that the file "dxdlldiag.exe" is a windows 32
bit file (duh). Ctrl-alt-del does not show dxdlldiag is running. The run
section in the registry simply indicates the path name. No switches or
anything unusual. Other "exe"s open without QVP opening at startup as
called from the run section of the registry.

Repeated shutdowns do not have the write error.

An image restore, prior to the videostudio installation was restored. I
chose not to register online this time, as I already did that in the prior
install. Oddly, the disk write error did not occur. Next windows session,
opened VS to check operation with my camcorder. Seemed okay. Then,
installed the Ulead updates for the program. Same disk write error was
noted as before during restart boot process.

Okay, could be an intermittent drive problem. Have a cloned copy of this
entire hard drive on another identical make/model hard drive. Tried that.
Same two problems I noted continued to occur. Checked seating of ide cable
on motherboard, its fine.

Prior to Ulead VS install, Firewire card windows installation occurred
during first boot after windows logon. It found the windows CD location,
and installed some files. Reboot was prompted immediately, which I
indicated "okay" and it did reboot. After windows booted the second time, I
turned on the digital camcorder connected to the firewire card. Windows
asked for the 98SE install CD, found it, found the files it wanted. Asked
if I wanted to keep a bunch of newer version files, and I indicated "yes".
I did nothing but restart at that point. During the reboot process, after
logon, it found new hardware again (left digital camera on). Same routine,
and I kept the new version files. No reboot was prompted.

Nothing visible in scanner/cameras in control panel area regarding the
camcorder. My HP scanner is there though.

I know how to get rid of unneeded dxdiagdll attempt to run. But the disk
write problem always reoccurs upon installation of Ulead VideoStudio. Each
installation occurrence results in loss of a long filename, one instance it
was the HP startup for the USB printer. Another instance, I couldn't find
out what it was. All happening in the disk write error to C during shutdown
after the installation.

I did find pstore (MS protected storage) running in running applications in
msconfig, not on the startup list.

I don't want to lose access to any files, how do I fix or avoid the shutdown
error to write to C?

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...

Installed Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0 SE, to a 98SE platform. Process
also installs DirectX 9, even though its already installed, and something
called MS WMA. There is no alternative installation choice. It was
packaged with a firewire (TI chip) PCI card from SIIG. . . .
Another error is the dxdlldiag.exe is place in the run section of the
registry. A program, which does not open by default at startup "Quikview
Plus", opens. QVP indicates that the file "dxdlldiag.exe" is a windows 32
bit file (duh). Ctrl-alt-del does not show dxdlldiag is running. The run
section in the registry simply indicates the path name. No switches or
anything unusual. Other "exe"s open without QVP opening at startup as
called from the run section of the registry.

I too have DirectX v. 9 (dated 2004) but no file DXDLLDIAG.EXE
-- only DXDIAG.EXE and DXDLLREG.EXE.

Okay, could be an intermittent drive problem. Have a cloned copy of this
entire hard drive on another identical make/model hard drive. Tried that.
Same two problems I noted continued to occur. Checked seating of ide
cable
on motherboard, its fine.

You mentioned running SCANDISK -- but did not say you
have run the drive manufacturer's own diagnostics.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

From: "Don Phillipson"


|
| You mentioned running SCANDISK -- but did not say you
| have run the drive manufacturer's own diagnostics.
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|

Here's a list...

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...ies/shdiag.htm


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message ...
Installed Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0 SE, to a 98SE platform. Process
also installs DirectX 9, even though its already installed, and something
called MS WMA. There is no alternative installation choice. It was
packaged with a firewire (TI chip) PCI card from SIIG.

After the installation, I attempt to shutdown and reboot. During this
process there is a blue screen indicating error writing to c, press any key
to continue.

Hey Dave..

Disable fast shutdown?


You might also try "Disable Virtual HD IRQ" on the same sheet in
msconfig, if that doesn't help. Not a totally desirable setting, but
it might give you some clues.


Just some ideas...

WMA = Windows Media Audio file: .wma

I wonder about the named file dxdlldiag.exe. I've run a semi extensive web
search for it and nada, nothing anywhere with the exception of this post at
google. Take the dll out of the file name and you have a legit file,
dxdiag.exe. What happens if you pull it from the registry run key?

I'll look a bit more to see if I can coerce something from the net.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:01:35 -0400, "Lil' Dave"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Installed Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0 SE, to a 98SE platform. Process
also installs DirectX 9, even though its already installed, and something
called MS WMA. There is no alternative installation choice. It was
packaged with a firewire (TI chip) PCI card from SIIG.

After the installation, I attempt to shutdown and reboot. During this
process there is a blue screen indicating error writing to c, press any key
to continue. No other choices. Upon restart, scandisk starts interrupting
the boot process indicating there was a write error during shutdown (duh).
Scandisk can find nothing, even in thorough mode system and data areas.
Tried same in windows, same outcome. It does find a long filename error,
but the file is not consistent (see below).

Another error is the dxdlldiag.exe is place in the run section of the
registry. A program, which does not open by default at startup "Quikview
Plus", opens. QVP indicates that the file "dxdlldiag.exe" is a windows 32
bit file (duh). Ctrl-alt-del does not show dxdlldiag is running. The run
section in the registry simply indicates the path name. No switches or
anything unusual. Other "exe"s open without QVP opening at startup as
called from the run section of the registry.

R-click on the file and view its Properties, ie version, description,
etc. Does it look like a DirectX file?


-- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Haven't read your replies yet. Corrections, my bad.
That was MS WMF, not WMA
The filename is dxdllreg.exe, not dxdlldiag.exe
I did a 98SE clean install recently and apps. Forgot about the MS Office 2K
mdm.exe thing. Betting she's the culprit, or at least a contributor.

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...
Installed Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0 SE, to a 98SE platform. Process
also installs DirectX 9, even though its already installed, and something
called MS WMA. There is no alternative installation choice. It was
packaged with a firewire (TI chip) PCI card from SIIG.

After the installation, I attempt to shutdown and reboot. During this
process there is a blue screen indicating error writing to c, press any
key
to continue. No other choices. Upon restart, scandisk starts
interrupting
the boot process indicating there was a write error during shutdown (duh).
Scandisk can find nothing, even in thorough mode system and data areas.
Tried same in windows, same outcome. It does find a long filename error,
but the file is not consistent (see below).

Another error is the dxdlldiag.exe is place in the run section of the
registry. A program, which does not open by default at startup "Quikview
Plus", opens. QVP indicates that the file "dxdlldiag.exe" is a windows 32
bit file (duh). Ctrl-alt-del does not show dxdlldiag is running. The run
section in the registry simply indicates the path name. No switches or
anything unusual. Other "exe"s open without QVP opening at startup as
called from the run section of the registry.

Repeated shutdowns do not have the write error.

An image restore, prior to the videostudio installation was restored. I
chose not to register online this time, as I already did that in the prior
install. Oddly, the disk write error did not occur. Next windows
session,
opened VS to check operation with my camcorder. Seemed okay. Then,
installed the Ulead updates for the program. Same disk write error was
noted as before during restart boot process.

Okay, could be an intermittent drive problem. Have a cloned copy of this
entire hard drive on another identical make/model hard drive. Tried that.
Same two problems I noted continued to occur. Checked seating of ide
cable
on motherboard, its fine.

Prior to Ulead VS install, Firewire card windows installation occurred
during first boot after windows logon. It found the windows CD location,
and installed some files. Reboot was prompted immediately, which I
indicated "okay" and it did reboot. After windows booted the second time,
I
turned on the digital camcorder connected to the firewire card. Windows
asked for the 98SE install CD, found it, found the files it wanted. Asked
if I wanted to keep a bunch of newer version files, and I indicated "yes".
I did nothing but restart at that point. During the reboot process, after
logon, it found new hardware again (left digital camera on). Same
routine,
and I kept the new version files. No reboot was prompted.

Nothing visible in scanner/cameras in control panel area regarding the
camcorder. My HP scanner is there though.

I know how to get rid of unneeded dxdiagdll attempt to run. But the disk
write problem always reoccurs upon installation of Ulead VideoStudio.
Each
installation occurrence results in loss of a long filename, one instance
it
was the HP startup for the USB printer. Another instance, I couldn't find
out what it was. All happening in the disk write error to C during
shutdown
after the installation.

I did find pstore (MS protected storage) running in running applications
in
msconfig, not on the startup list.

I don't want to lose access to any files, how do I fix or avoid the
shutdown
error to write to C?

Trying the disable fast shutdown.

"Bill Blanton" wrote in message
...
"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...
Installed Ulead VideoStudio version 7.0 SE, to a 98SE platform. Process
also installs DirectX 9, even though its already installed, and
something
called MS WMA. There is no alternative installation choice. It was
packaged with a firewire (TI chip) PCI card from SIIG.

After the installation, I attempt to shutdown and reboot. During this
process there is a blue screen indicating error writing to c, press any
key
to continue.

Hey Dave..

Disable fast shutdown?


You might also try "Disable Virtual HD IRQ" on the same sheet in
msconfig, if that doesn't help. Not a totally desirable setting, but
it might give you some clues.


Just some ideas...

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...

Haven't read your replies yet. Corrections, my bad.
That was MS WMF, not WMA
The filename is dxdllreg.exe, not dxdlldiag.exe
I did a 98SE clean install recently and apps. Forgot about the MS Office
2K
mdm.exe thing. Betting she's the culprit, or at least a contributor.

OK, we now understand better -- you
1. Requested help,
2. concerning at least two file names you misstated,
3. and then did not read the help offered.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Good idea. Ran Dldiag, no physical errors on drive
Its a 80GB WD. 98SE partition is just under 8GB.

Removed the mdm.exe from run section in registry. It still shows up, but
not immediately. Removed the office thing startup, mdm.exe still shows up
eventually. Mdm is trying to access the internet when I use dialup, with
rpc on its heels per ZA Pro. Think its when I open Outlook to get the
email, not sure though.

Won't drag the group through the remaining stuff. But gave up on loading VS
7.0 SE on 98SE. Put in on a ME partition, only run a couple of MS games
there. Works great, no overhead. Ran into a problem later associated with
saving files on a WD 200GB drive though. Rendered some video from camera,
it does it in the bloated AVI natively. Two full stints from the camera,
about 40 minutes total video time. All worked out. I combined the two
session in VS to make one video, then told it to create a DVD that worked
out okay. Found all the DVD associated files, AVI files and other VL stuff
on the I: partition. This is the second FAT32 partition on the WD 200GB
drive. Booted to 98SE, to make a copy of the DVD in Nero. Used the DVD
files left behind as source, and it worked out okay.

Here's where the trouble started. While still in 98SE, I decided to get rid
of all the video file stuff on the I: partition. I started with all the AVI
files, then the DVD source files, and other associated subfolders and files.
This seemed to go okay, but took quite some time for a pure delete. Then,
the PC locked up. Explorer window wasn't responding, nor Explorer itself
per ctrl-alt-del. I canceled, and gave it a few more minutes. Same
response. Did a PC reset button fix. All seemed okay in next boot. No
scandisk response during the boot.

Decided to backup some of my DI image files to DVD via Nero. These files
are contained on the H: drive, 99.9GB (1st partition WD 200GB). The
subfolders for these were there, but the files were all gibberish. And the
gibberish filenames had file dates in the future and some back as far as
'92. Have associated this with the 98/98Se problem with HD exceeding 128GB.
And, I believe I may have exceeded the 98/98SE storage limit during the VS
session. The deletions in 98SE caused the problem, the deletions were
successful I might add in the I: partition. Have been a bad boy, was told
this may happen.

My idea is to try to continue use of a shrunk partition to 60GB in 98SE on
the WD 200GB, the remainder would be NTFS for use in XP. Will this work, as
98SE has no idea what, how much or anything in NTFS? PC's Bios has 48 bit
LBA, no DDO.

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
...
From: "Don Phillipson"


|
| You mentioned running SCANDISK -- but did not say you
| have run the drive manufacturer's own diagnostics.
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|

Here's a list...

Quantum/Maxtor - PowerMax
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Western Digital - Data LifeGuard Tools (DLGDiag)
http://support.wdc.com/download/

Hitachi/IBM - Drive Fitness Test (DFT)
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

Seagate - SeaTools
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

Fujitsu - Diagnostic Tool
http://www.fcpa.com/download/hard-drives/

Samsung - Disk manager
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...ies/shdiag.htm


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm