CHKDSK log

[D. Small Gilligan]

W2K
I have an external drive (LaCie) that needs attention. When I use the command
prompt to do chkdsk with and/or without pararmeters, because it is an external
drive "being used by another source" the message is that I can check for it to
have chkdsk start when the computer restarts. (If I could stay right in Command
Prompt for the whole job I can see the whole read out because it just sets
there.)

But when the computer restarts, Windows has control of the process and the final
report goes so fast I don't have time to read it all and make any notes. Is
there a chkdsk log I can open and read? I have spent about a week looking for
it.

In the olden days, just find your recovered fragments on C: and delete them. I
can't find those, either.

dargill

 

[Leonard Severt [MSFT]]

W2K
I have an external drive (LaCie) that needs attention. When I use the
command prompt to do chkdsk with and/or without pararmeters, because
it is an external drive "being used by another source" the message is
that I can check for it to have chkdsk start when the computer
restarts. (If I could stay right in Command Prompt for the whole job I
can see the whole read out because it just sets there.)

But when the computer restarts, Windows has control of the process and
the final report goes so fast I don't have time to read it all and
make any notes. Is there a chkdsk log I can open and read? I have
spent about a week looking for it.

In the olden days, just find your recovered fragments on C: and delete
them. I can't find those, either.

dargill

3 things.

If you don't have any files open on the drive then you should be able to
check it.

Even if files are open sometimes you can answer yes to force a dismount
of the drive.

Also the output from chkdsk is written to the application event log.


Leonard Severt

Windows 2000 Server Setup Team

 

[D. Small Gilligan]

Thanks, Leonard, I found it. Not in the App event log, but the system event
log.
dargill