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Subject: Re: MS QuickC hangs PC at linking phase (HARD DISK ADVICE PLEASE)
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Date: 9 Oct 90 18:21:52 GMT
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In article <6551@castle.ed.ac.uk>, elee24@castle.ed.ac.uk (H Bruce) writes:
>I have a 386 AT clone with an unpartitioned 100Mb hard disk running DOS 4.01.
>
>I have been running Microsoft QuickC (v1.01) successfully for several months.
>But recently it has started hanging the PC at the linking phase
>(when it prints "Linking" in the Current File window).
>Occasionally a window appears with the message WRITE FAULT in it and prompts
>for RETRY or CANCEL. RETRY causes the window to reappear and CANCEL hangs
>the PC (this is undocumented in the Quick C manual). 
>However usually no message appears and the PC hangs.
>
>When the PC is rebooted the files $$qc$$.lnk and $$qc$$.obj are in the
>directory where qc crashed. The file link.err is created but is empty.
>If qc is re-invoked the C program is said to be up to date and runs OK.
>
>The link program functions correctly when the cl and qcl commands 
>are invoked from the command line.
>
>The WRITE FAULT window would appear to indicate a hard disk problem,
>but chkdsk returns no errors.
>
>Can anyone help me with this problem ?
>Is there a PD disk checking program that could help track down the problem ?
>Is it advisable to partition the disk ?
>If so how many partitions should I have ?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Henry Bruce.

I don't know that I can help you, but I have the same problem except:

My hard drive is partitioned to 32/32/32/7. When I run the TCC (TurboC++) 
compiler, sometimes I get "Write Fault Error Reading Drive D:". The drive 
is a Conner 104M. I am trying to get it replaced from the dealer.

Carl Schelin
tcs@router.jhuapl.edu