Paul
Tue Jun 24 12:25:59 PDT 2008
Ghostrider wrote:
>
> Tim Kelley wrote:
>
>> I have several EventID:51 (An error was detected on device
>> \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation) in my Event Log. The
>> D: drive is a DVD RW drive. I am using Roxio DLA to allow me to
>> access the drive using the drive letter. What could be causing the
>> errors? Is there possibly an issue with the Roxio software?
>>
>
> It is not unusual for this type of error to show up...occasionally.
> Sometimes, the writing/reading to/from the disc may lag and the hangup
> during the transfer of the packet(s) is noted. If the DVD RW drive
> otherwise performs normally and there is no data loss once the read
> (or write) has been completed, all is OK. If this error shows up more
> frequently, then maintenance on the DVD RW drive (e.g., clean the lens,
> check the connections, or even change to different media, etc.) may be
> in order.
>
As I understand it, the peculiar syntax "\Device\Harddisk1\D" doesn't
refer to "D:". It is referring to Hard Disk 1. For example,
on my Win2K machine, a hard disk is reported as \Device\Harddisk1\DR1
and I wasn't able to find a reference to decipher D versus DR1 and
so on.
I used this program, and "dd --list" in a DOS box, to get all the
names of my storage devices. That will dump a text listing of
the devices into the DOS window. Because the author used "stderr"
to output the text, I wasn't able to redirect it into a
text file (otherwise I'd post the entire output).
http://www.chrysocome.net/dd
My guess would be, a paging operation attempted on the hard drive,
was interrupted/delayed/upset by DLA to the optical drive. Or something
like that.
Paul