Has Anyone else ever got this Message? And if so how was it corrected?

"Windows was unable to save all the data for the file C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\APPLICATION DATA\BOINC\stdoutgui.txt. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere."

This is the second time that I have gotten this ERROR message in as many Weeks.

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I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.)

I'd uninstall BOINC, move my Data directory to elsewhere, other partition, other drive. Then reinstall BOINC and point out (third screen in, click Advanced button) where the data directory went).

Followed by a chkdsk /F /R from the command line on the C: drive. A Yes if asked to do so at the next reboot, then immediately reboot and never touch "any key" for the 10 second countdown.

/F fixes errors on the disk.
/R locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

If /R finds a lot of problems, it's time to check if you still have warranty on the drive and what hoops to jump through to get a new drive. (I managed to get a refurbished 260GB Seagate drive after my last one went bad).

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I'd uninstall BOINC, move my Data directory to elsewhere, other partition, other drive. Then reinstall BOINC and point out (third screen in, click Advanced button) where the data directory went).

Followed by a chkdsk /F /R from the command line on the C: drive. A Yes if asked to do so at the next reboot, then immediately reboot and never touch "any key" for the 10 second countdown.

/F fixes errors on the disk.
/R locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.

If /R finds a lot of problems, it's time to check if you still have warranty on the drive and what hoops to jump through to get a new drive. (I managed to get a refurbished 260GB Seagate drive after my last one went bad).

That particular is not of critical importance. I would not spend the time to copy it off. I would immediately move the the chkdsk command (as described above) in the hopes that some other files might be saved.

I would also not bother with determining how many sectors are bad. If any new sectors are declared bad, I would try to get a new HD as more failures are likely to happen.

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