Usn journal

[Carl G]

Hi Guys
I posted this a couple days ago in the general groupe , but haven't had a
hit on it yet so thought i would try here.
BTW , running windows XP PRO.
A few days ago i turned off indexing service. Today i turned it back on. I
did this through add remove windows components.
Now when i run chkdsk,it goes through that varification. (says Usn Journal
Verification Completed)
What is this and what does it do? I have never seen this when running chkdsk
before.
Did i mess something up by turning off indexing service and turning back on
?
Thanks
Carl G

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The USN change journal is enabled and used by the Indexing Service.
It manages the update sequence number (USN) change journal, which
provides a persistent log of all changes made to files on the volume.
As files, directories, and other NTFS objects are added, deleted, and
modified, NTFS enters records into the USN change journal, one for
each volume on the computer. Each record indicates the type of change
and the object changed. New records are appended to the end of the stream.

Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fsutil_usn.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Hi Guys
| I posted this a couple days ago in the general groupe , but haven't had a
| hit on it yet so thought i would try here.
| BTW , running windows XP PRO.
| A few days ago i turned off indexing service. Today i turned it back on. I
| did this through add remove windows components.
| Now when i run chkdsk,it goes through that varification. (says Usn Journal
| Verification Completed)
| What is this and what does it do? I have never seen this when running chkdsk
| before.
| Did i mess something up by turning off indexing service and turning back on
| ?
| Thanks
| Carl G

 

[Carl G]

So i didn't mess anything up then?
Can i delite that log file or should i just leave it.
?
I won't be messing around in the indexing service again, i will leave it at
default.
Thanks Carey

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No, you did not mess up anything...it is normal.

To view the log created after running a Check Disk:

Open your Control Panel, click on Administrative Tools,
click on Event Viewer, double-click on Application, scroll
down until you see "Winlogon" and double-click on it.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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:

| So i didn't mess anything up then?
| Can i delite that log file or should i just leave it.
| ?
| I won't be messing around in the indexing service again, i will leave it at
| default.
| Thanks Carey

 

[Carl G]

Hi Carey
Thanks for the reply.
Is there a way to stop chkdsk from running this check and to delete this log
file, and where is the log file kept.
OR should i leave well enough alone?
TA