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Jul 28, 2002, 11:50am

A question...I install the AW browser on my laptop (Compaq Armada, 128MB
RAM, 4MB S3/virge video) and when I go to run the program after
installation, I get the message "Fatal Disk Error (reason
17)...sometimes a reboot will solve this problem". I have the latest
drivers for the machine installed, the latest WIN98 patches, etc. ...
and no amount of rebooting solves this problem. I have about 8 gigs of
HD space left open and my temp folder is clear. Also, this still happens
whether my firewall is turned on or off....does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you in advance for any and all help!

Dan

Jul 28, 2002, 4:35pm

try clearing your cache...

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Jul 28, 2002, 5:48pm

That did the trick....... Thank you very much! =o)



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Jul 28, 2002, 8:05pm

I sometimes get that error on my desktop! I have a Pentium3--600Mhz, 256MB
Ram, 32 MB Vram, and about 60MB on HD.

I think that's the same error I get occasionally when I go into AW browser.
I finally figured that was a bug. I've learned to just cancel that box (a
grey box--not blue screen), and go on about my business. No after effects
linger. I do dump or erase my cache often, tho. Next time it happens, I'll
try to remember to copy the darn thing down. (That reason 17 sounds so
familiar!)

Barbara of Amberlin



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Jul 28, 2002, 8:39pm

this usually happens if you delete something u shouldnt have or aw
crashes... it is annoying as hell though when deleting the cache DOESNT work
and you DO have to reboot. does anyone know what actually causes this error?
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Jul 29, 2002, 1:05pm

You could talk to the dev team.. I'm sure they'll know. But, I think they've
all died....

Since we have no communication with them... They only way you get stuff done
is to do it yourself. Here's how I'd figure it out...

First, make a backup of the ActiveWorlds directory... Copy it to a safe
place.

Then, try randomly deleting your .idx and .dat files... the stuff that the
browser needs to run. Just do 1 at a time. Then startup the browser. If it
works, close it and delete another file. Eventully you'll figure out which
file or files being missing or corrupted causes the error you're looking
for.

-Jeremy

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Jeremy Booker - Owner
JTech Web Systems
www.JTechWebSystems.com
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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34
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Jul 29, 2002, 3:37pm

I sometimes get that error on my desktop! I have a Pentium3--600Mhz, 256MB
Ram, 32 MB Vram, and about 60MB on HD.

I think that's the same error I get occasionally when I go into AW browser.
I finally figured that was a bug. I've learned to just cancel that box (a
grey box--not blue screen), and go on about my business. No after effects
linger. I do dump or erase my cache often, tho. Next time it happens, I'll
try to remember to copy the darn thing down. (That reason 17 sounds so
familiar!)

Barbara of Amberlin



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Jul 29, 2002, 4:39pm

well you can just delete the cache folder of the world youre in and move...
it will usually crash... or at least has before. AW needs to be a little
more stable with stuff like that...
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