$logfile

[Roedy Green]

I noticed large system files called $logfile. I cleared the various
logs from administrative tools, but they persist. What are they? Can
they be cleared?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I noticed large system files called $logfile. I cleared the various
logs from administrative tools, but they persist. What are they? Can
they be cleared?

You did not tell us where this file resides, forcing us
to guess. The usual method is to move such files into
a holding directory, wait a week or two, then delete
them if all is well.

 

[Roedy Green]

I noticed large system files called $logfile. I cleared the various
logs from administrative tools, but they persist. What are they? Can
they be cleared?

I discovered this file is used for NTFS journalling, the quick
before-looks (to use an old CODASYL database term) that make NTFS
crashproof. I am surprised it needs such a large file.

 

[Roedy Green]

You did not tell us where this file resides, forcing us
to guess. The usual method is to move such files into
a holding directory, wait a week or two, then delete
them if all is well.

there is one in the root of each partition.

 

[Olof Lagerkvist]

I discovered this file is used for NTFS journalling, the quick
before-looks (to use an old CODASYL database term) that make NTFS
crashproof. I am surprised it needs such a large file.

It has to be quite large for performance reasons. You can change the
size of it with chkdsk. For example, if you want it to be 32 MB

chkdsk C: /L:32768