Use of chkdsk under Vista

[lmg]

I'm running chkdsk on the system partition of a Vista PC. As a result, it
requests the process to be re-scheduled for next start-up. Should it find any
errors when the system is next re-booted, does it log these errors in a log
file for future reference or as evidence of a bad disk?

Regards

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Even better than the error level returned (to the Event Viewer log) by
chkdsk as it runs, is the red x's you can click on when you go to
start/.../run, and type :
perfmon /rel

Vista has vastly improved system monitoring tools.

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[Tim Quan [MSFT]]

Hi,

If you choose "Schedule disk check", the next time you start the system, it
will check disks. After running, Chkdsk adds the results to the Application
Event Log with a source of Ckdsk. The Event log entry will contain the
entire Chkdsk output, including details about any changes made to the
volume. To determine if a computer has had ongoing disk problems, search
the Event Log for older Chkdsk entries.

Sincerely,
Tim Quan
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[Tim Quan [MSFT]]

Hi,

How are things going? I have not heard back from you in a few days and
wanted to check on the status of the issue. Please let me know how things
turned out.

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[lmg]

Apologies for not replying promptly. Chkdsk entries were noted in the
Application event log. I've since replaced the disk and all s good. Thnaks
for your assistance

 

[Tim Quan [MSFT]]

Hi,

Thank you for the response.

I am glad to hear that all is fine now.

If you need further assistance regarding this issue in the future, please
feel free to let me and I am willing to be off assistance.

Tim Quan - MSFT