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Brooke P. Anderson
Many people have asked in various news groups where the log or logfile
is for Windows XP or Windows 2000 for chkdsk (or scandisk, but it is
technically chkdsk). They ask this because when you go into "My
Computer" (or whatever), select a disk, right click, select
"properties", click the "tools" tab, and select "Check Now" for error
checking the disk, it usually makes reference to starting the check on
the next reboot and looking in the log file for information on how the
check did.
The problem is that the damned user interface doesn't tell you where
to find that log, and searching on the Web, on Microsoft's own site,
and in Usenet newsgroups also generally isn't very clear on the topic.
To find the results of a previous chkdisk, go into "Start->Control
Panel" and doubleclick on "Administrative Tools". Then doubleclick on
"Event Viewer", then select "Application". (This much the newsgroups
say, but then what?)
Now you will see a list of Application events. Look for the most
recent "Winlogon" event. You can tell the date and time of the
Winlogon event to see if that corresponds with the particular chkdsk
you are interested in seeing the results for. Double click on it, and
you will see the results of your chkdsk.
By the way, don't worry if you see something like:
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused security descriptors.
Unused index entries and security descriptors supposedly accumulate
whenever you delete a folder or file that had any custom settings on
it and is not a sign of hard disk trouble and is to be expected. See
the following excellent reference for details:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBE/tip2200/rh2217.htm
-- Brooke P. Anderson
is for Windows XP or Windows 2000 for chkdsk (or scandisk, but it is
technically chkdsk). They ask this because when you go into "My
Computer" (or whatever), select a disk, right click, select
"properties", click the "tools" tab, and select "Check Now" for error
checking the disk, it usually makes reference to starting the check on
the next reboot and looking in the log file for information on how the
check did.
The problem is that the damned user interface doesn't tell you where
to find that log, and searching on the Web, on Microsoft's own site,
and in Usenet newsgroups also generally isn't very clear on the topic.
To find the results of a previous chkdisk, go into "Start->Control
Panel" and doubleclick on "Administrative Tools". Then doubleclick on
"Event Viewer", then select "Application". (This much the newsgroups
say, but then what?)
Now you will see a list of Application events. Look for the most
recent "Winlogon" event. You can tell the date and time of the
Winlogon event to see if that corresponds with the particular chkdsk
you are interested in seeing the results for. Double click on it, and
you will see the results of your chkdsk.
By the way, don't worry if you see something like:
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 3 unused security descriptors.
Unused index entries and security descriptors supposedly accumulate
whenever you delete a folder or file that had any custom settings on
it and is not a sign of hard disk trouble and is to be expected. See
the following excellent reference for details:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBE/tip2200/rh2217.htm
-- Brooke P. Anderson