Check & scan disk: can it create a results log ?

[Number One]

Hello,

Every now and then I command a checkdisk with scan for bad sectors from
windows explorer:

drive properties -> tools -> check now -> check both boxes

The check/scan occurs at next startup.

During the operation, it will occasionnally (briefly) diplay filenames
that had errors, and sometimes creates a "found.xxx" folder in root
directory with recovered lost clusters.

Question: can check/scan disk create a (text) log file detailling all
filenames that had errors, that are damaged or lost due to bad sectors?

My problem is that everytime if finds errors, I'm not too sure exactly
what has been lost!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Error Checking is chkdsk.exe. There is no scandisk in XP.

For a look at the chkdsk log.

Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK |
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
[[Description: This includes file system type; drive letter or GUID, and
volume name or serial number to help determine what volume Chkdsk ran
against. Also included is whether Chkdsk ran because a user scheduled it or
because the dirty bit was set.]]

[[When Autochk runs against a volume at boot time it records its output to a
file called Bootex.log in the root of the volume being checked. The Winlogon
service then moves the contents of each Bootex.log file to the Application
Event log.]]

[[This file states whether Chkdsk encountered any errors and, if so,
whether they were fixed.]]
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This will create a chkdsk log.

Paste this into a command prompt...

CHKDSK C: /F > C:\CHKDISKLOG.TXT

Hit your Enter key.

Click YES on the popup to reboot.

After CHKDSK has run paste this in Start | Run...

C:\CHKDISKLOG.TXT

Click OK.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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