I had this same problem with my P111 450...turned out that I needed a BIOS
update.  After I ran the BIOS update (available from the MFG site) my
computer worked like a charm.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Nowicki" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:42 PM
Subject: BSOD: Error Writing to C Drive


> Fellow Listers,
>
> I have a PII 450 256ram 16.8 gig HD running Win98se.  HD properties say I
> have 3 gigs empty on drive.  I ran Norton Utilities Speed Disk and got an
> error message saying it couldn't write to drive C: and then ran Norton
disk
> doctor.  Disk doctor did its stuff, including scandisk, and reported no
> errors.  I run Windows scandisk and find no errors.  But when I do Windows
> defrag, it stops and I get BSOD of Error Writing to C drive, data or files
> may be lost.
>
> I have GoBack and resorted to an earlier boot which seemed to correct the
> problem.  Ran defrag again and now I'm getting the same BSOD over and over
> again almost back to back.  I'll hit the space key each time, for about
6-10
> times, and then it seems to go back to normal for a while.
>
> Does it sound like maybe a write head (?) on the HD may be bad?  Virus?  I
> have newly update/scanned NAV 2002.  Any other ideas? Suggestions on
getting
> rid of the BSOD?
>
> TIA,
> Kevin Nowicki
>
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