XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Rasputin,   
      
   > I am curious also to ask how old is the computer?   
      
   I'm not sure, can't quite remember when I got it.  But at least five years,   
   if not ten.   
      
   > The age of the computer and the condition it is in can't be ruled out.   
      
   You have / know of anything specific to look at ?   
      
   Mind you,   
   1) The problem disappeared as soon as I disabled that "delayed write"   
   2) I've ran memtest86 the other day, and it didn't show any errors   
      
   > I assume that USB stick is not old like the XP system because some cheap   
   > ones can go wrong quite easily.   
      
   The USB stick was new.  The USB drive is  bit older, but has worked without   
   a problem elsewhere as well as after disabeling that "delayed write".   
      
   I agree its a good idea to try to rule out stuff like that.  But as you can   
   see by the above, I think that I can conclude that its not the hardware - at   
   least not the obvious parts of it.   
      
   > There is nothing hanging here either because I know the answer will be   
   > that there is nothing wrong with the computer or the flash drive.!!!!!   
      
   I cannot be a 100% sure of that ofcourse (absense of proof is not the same   
   as proof of absense), but yes, thats my conclusion.   
      
   > It is all Microsoft's problem and unfortunately there is no documentation   
   > of this anywhere.   
      
   D*mn!   They have servers briming with information, but nothing about this   
   behaviour ?   That sucks.   
      
   Than again, they have been removing XP related info for a while now, so its   
   possible it was there but is now gone.  That is why I posted here, hoping   
   one of "the oldies" remembered something about it.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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