Windows alerts - where do I find a list of them?

Sorry, I clicked the wrong button and said it answered the questions - well partly - where is the event viewer?

then Administrative Tools, and the Event Viewer will be listed there.

Alternatively, Start > Run, type in eventvwr.msc then click OK.

Mark

If anyone else gives an "Answer" you prefer, you can change that.

Mark

Found it, but it doesn't tell me where this has occurred, here is the brief run-down...

Application popup: Windows - Delayed Write Failed : Windows was unable to save all the data for the file \...\DP(1)0-0+a. 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.

If so you will know where you were trying to write it to, or save it to.

If not, any other information on that error?

Mark

That is all that came up on the alert. There are two of them both at the same clock time, both with roughly the same info:
The first :
{Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable to save all the data for the file . 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.

The second:
Application popup: Windows - Delayed Write Failed : Windows was unable to save all the data for the file \...\DP(1)0-0+a. 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.

because you can't recall what files you were saving at the time, nor where to. So all I can suggest now is to read up on what Microsoft says about this "Delayed Write Failed" error in XP. The 3 links below this might help;

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330174

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870894

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831594

But in all of this I recommend the following before doing anything further;

1] Back-up all of your files if you have not already done so. We have a saying in these forums, "We only lose what we haven't backed up".

2] Before making any changes to the OS, create a System Restore point. This might at least get you back to where you were if anything goes wrong.

3] Before making any changes to the registry, back it up and make sure you know how to restore it if need be. The MS article below shows how to restore from a corrupted registry;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
But note, that does not apply to OEM versions of Windows XP and only applies to retail versions of Windows XP

Good luck.

Mark

Well, I wasn't doing much with the computer at the time, so I thought it might have been a system file or something being copied or the pagefile being written as it does from time to time (maybe?).
How do I set a restore point? I have tried in the past and it never seem to take or work.

That would seem to point to other problems, and maybe they are related.

System Restore is in Start > All programs > Accessories > System Tools, and when you open that there should be an option to "Create a restore point".

Why does that fail for you?

Mark