[PROBLEM][HELP] Cannot copy a simple low sized file

[duongducminh]

hi, i am trying to copy a folder with 4 items in it to my SD card. when i copied it, the green status green bar runs until it stops at about 80%, it kept on staying there for 15 minutes until an error popped up "error 0x80070079" as seen in the attachment.
can anyone help me fix this problem?

 

[Anak]

Here are a couple of explanations:
Error 0x80070079: The semaphore timout period has expired.
Error 0x80070079: The semaphore timeout period has expired.

But this one has a work around:
Error 0x80070079: the semaphore timeout period has expired - TechSpot OpenBoards

Just lock the Card.

 

[duongducminh]

hi anak, i have locked the card and tried to copy it to the SD card but it says "write-protection".
i tried copying the file to the SD on my other computer and it worked. but why don't it work in this one?

 

[Anak]

According to the first link I gave you: Error 0x80070079: The semaphore timout period has expired.

This message usually indicates that a hard disk controller driver is waiting for an overlapped read/write operation to complete. It’s due to problems with a faulty hard disk controller driver or possible hard disk drive hardware problems.

Thanks to Lara Jones [MSFT] Windows Home Server Team

Your hard disk may have some file system errors or bad sectors.
So lets try this to rule out those possibilities:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

Try to pick a time that allows you to run this procedure un-interrupted because it can take a while to run.

See :warn: Warning :warn: in step 11.
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After step 4, go to step 10c, and post results, good or bad.

 

[duongducminh]

after i scanned my C drive with the 2 options unchecked, these are my results:

 

[Anak]

Okay, we've eliminated any Hard disk drive hardware problems.

Let's concentrate on a faulty hard disk controller driver. There is not much in your SystemSpecs to try and identify what you have.

We need the Compaq model number, and a model number from the motherboard.

Look in Device Manager, and for something like a SATA AHCI Controller
what are the dates there?

Run belarc.com to give you info on your machine. There will be a category for Hard Disk controllers.

Post back and we'll see what drivers we can get for an update.

 

[duongducminh]

System Model:
Compaq Presario 061 PY067AA-ABG SR1520AN AN530 0qm0411RE101AMETH00
System Serial Number: THT533139F
Enclosure Type: Desktop

Main Circuit Board:
Board: AMETHYST-M 1.0
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.31 08/01/2005

Drives:
79.87 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
46.15 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N ATA Device [Optical drive]
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S ATA Device [Optical drive]
TUBMN 9U3WXA7W9 SCSI CdRom Device [Optical drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
SAMSUNG SP0812C [Hard drive] (80.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n S01UJ10Y765369, rev SU100-30, SMART Status: Healthy


i couldn't find the date so i attached the HTMl.

 

[Anak]

duong, just a thought....do you have your win7 machine networked with an XP machine?

 

[duongducminh]

nope. not at all.

 

[Anak]

Has this been an upgrade from XP to 7 or has it always been 7?

 

[duongducminh]

oh. its an upgrade.

 

[Anak]

oh. its an upgrade.

Okay. I have been thinking about, and researching on the web and this "semaphore" error boils down to an indiscriminate time out.

It does not matter what configuration your machines are in. You can have XP, Vista, or 7 stand-alone or networked, and this problem can rear its ugly head. But, It does have something to do with the TCP window resizing feature.

This is the best tip I have found that works. What I would like you to do is follow the instructions to input this command:

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

with an elevated command window.
You may copy, and then paste this into the CMD window.

If you are unsure how to arrive at an elevated CMD prompt see:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html

Then try to copy your file, and lets us know how it went.

The following link gives the best description concerning this error. Save it because in case you need to reverse the command :
Vista: TCP window scaling not compatible with some network hardware.

 

[Anak]

duong I have asked another member to take a look at your situation.

niemiro may ask you to add your dump files zip as an attachment.
You can find out how to do that here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

Steve

 

[duongducminh]

when i done the command prompt thing and tried to copy the file to my SD card, the same thing happened.

Is Windows 7
- x86 (32-bit)
- upgraded version of Win 7
- full retail version

- What is the age of system (hardware)? about 4 years.
- What is the age of OS installation (have you re-installed the OS? about 1-2 years.

i have attached the file.