NTFS and DISK Synchronous Request Never Completes

ID: Q162466

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When NTFS and DISK use a synchronous request to perform an I/O control within a page fault, it never completes.

CAUSE

This problem occurs as a result of the NTFS dismount code. NTFS is doing a IOCTL_DISK_IS_WRITABLE I/O control within a page fault. Both NTFS and DISK are doing this, using a synchronous request which never completes because APC are disabled to do the page fault. This problem may affect removable media dismounts.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: file system 4.00

Keywords :
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug