Moxieman said:
I want to log the results of chkdsk, because XP doesn't leave it up on the
screen long enough for me to read it. The parameters that I can pass, however
(I usually use /F, /V, and /R) don't include a log file for when I check disk
How can I set up a chkdsk log? I tried Google and this forum, no luck.
Running XP Home Edition, SP2, full updates.
Thanks in advance.
Moxieman
If you run chkdsk without any of the switches that require the volume to
be locked or unmounted, you can just pipe the output to a text file:
chkdsk > C:\checkdisklog.txt
Because you won't see any output, you'll need to wait (in a Command
Prompt window) until you see the command prompt reappear.
If you run chkdsk with the /f or /r switches, the volume must be locked.
Because the system is using the volume (assuming that you're checking
the partition on which Windows is installed), it can't be locked, so
chkdsk offers to run at the next reboot. If you OK this, what happens
is that a module named autochk.exe is scheduled to run at the next
restart. See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835/en-us which
includes the following:
<quote>
However, if CHKDSK is scheduled to run when the computer restarts, the
binary module that contains the verification code is Autochk.exe, a
native Windows program. Because Autochk.exe runs early in the computer's
startup sequence, Autochk.exe does not have the benefit of virtual
memory or of other Win32 services.
Autochk.exe generates the same kind of text output that the Chkdsk.exe
utility DLLs generate. Autochk.exe displays this text output during the
startup process and also logs an event in the application event log. The
logged event information includes as much of the text output as can fit
into the event log's data buffer.
</quote>
So, look in Event Viewer Application log for the first event after the
reboot. The "source" will be "Winlogon" and have Event No. 1001.
This KB article, although written for Win2K, may also be of interest:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218461
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