Could not initialize the DirectIo.sys driver

[ordinatech]

Never had problem before, since yesterday, I get this warning when I try to start version 7 of Performance test. Got it on 2 differents PCs, freshly intall with Windows XP, one with an integrated video (chipset intel G31) and the other with chipset AMD770 and a video card Radeon 4650 (512G - latest Catalyst drivers).

I suspect a faulty update from Microsoft.

Anybody else got that ?

[passmark]

It could be a lack of admin privledges, or it might be that you are running the 32bit PerformanceTest release on 64bit windows.

[ordinatech]

Nope. The 2 PCs I had that on, were XP Pro and XP MCE, both 32-bit. I downloaded the last build (1013) and still the same problem.

I build 2 or 3 new PCs every week, build them all the same way, install Windows always the same way. Done nothing different. The last 2 PCs gave me this problem. Never happen before. :confused:

[passmark]

DirectIo.sys might also fail to load if you are running PerformanceTest from a removal drive. e.g. A floppy disk, or network drive.

Having this driver fail to load should not effect the benchmark results, but will limit what system information can be collected.

If anyone else sees this problem please post here or contact us, just in case it was an update in Windows XP that we need to take into account.