Please enable cookies and refresh the page. The semaphore timeout period has expired. Hi All, i know this is an old topic, but i noticed it has still been kept alive and no real solution has been found. I cannot remember who but they were correct in saying youd get a better understanding if you disregard the word semaphore. Get help for Windows Phone 8. Includes instructional videos, tips and tricks, FAQs, troubleshooting information, and more. MDGx AXCEL216 MAX Speed Performance Windows 10 2012 8. Vista 2003 XP SP1 SP2 SP3 ME 2000 98 SE OSR2 OSR1 95 NT4 NT 3. DOS 6 Tricks Secrets Tips. Dizionario Biblico Leon Dufour Pdf'>Dizionario Biblico Leon Dufour Pdf. Windows Vista Sd Card Code 10' title='Windows Vista Sd Card Code 10' />It is a general timeout issue with data transfer. Now, for me, im trying, simply to access my external HDD, not transfer as such, but just browse. HDD activity LED would blink corresponding to the duration of the hang. Now, im running chkdsk r from command prompt on this drive, and after the few warnings of not being a windows drive etc. What was worrying however is an error message appeared Popup windows standard error dialogue box stating the system cannot read the drive, but gave 3 options. Try again, continue or cancel. Realtek Hd Audio Driver For Linux Mint there. Try again simply made the error re eappear, however continue proceeded and an error in cmd appeared, stating that a particular director was entirely unreadable and it actually removed this directory. It has not finished yet but i will post back with an update to let you all know if this fixes the issue where data transfer between machine and external HDD is concerned. Also note please, that the folder it removed, was created 2 days ago, and from the time of creating this folder was EXACTLY the point in time where i began having this issue. So the corrupted folder chkdsk has found may be the coulprit, will update as necessary so you can establish where your problems may lie. Extract Link 3 0 Seriale on this page. Also, id like to thank everyone for their input and help troubleshoot the issues, i signed up just to post this and help where i can as i was happy with the level of service and help from users such as myself. Microsofts inability to provide not a solution, bot even an explanation to the Semaphore timeout message.