Chkdsk log file "where is it"

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I've opt'd to run chkdsk from the properties tab of my external USB drive
using Win XP Pro. I'm suspect that the drive has surface probelms but I'm
unable to locate an error log. Chkdsk did run and I selected both options to
fix & scan.

The Application Event log does not have any 1001 winlogon events.

Help.

Thanks in advance.
Don
 
I think the only place it puts it is in the event log. Try looking under the
System Event log, not the Application Event log.
 
Hey Mike,

Looked there too but no success. The only reason I mentioned App Log was
because all of the other post and searches indicated it should be in the App
Log.

Any other thoughts as to where it could be or maybe why it would not have
created the log would be helpful.

Thanks,
Don
 
Don said:
Hey Mike,

Looked there too but no success. The only reason I mentioned App Log
was because all of the other post and searches indicated it should be
in the App Log.

Any other thoughts as to where it could be or maybe why it would not
have created the log would be helpful.
Click to expand...

Open EventViewer: Start>Run eventvwr.msc [enter] and click on
"Application". In the "Source" column, look for the "Winlogon" item.
Double-click it and you should see the results of your Chkdsk.

Malke
 
Hey Malke,

Thanks for the feedback. I reran chkdsk and the 1001 entry was there in the
App log like it was supposed to be. Don't know why it was not there before.
Obviously I've lost the results of the original chkdsk.

thanks again,
Don

Malke said:
Don said:
Hey Mike,

Looked there too but no success. The only reason I mentioned App Log
was because all of the other post and searches indicated it should be
in the App Log.

Any other thoughts as to where it could be or maybe why it would not
have created the log would be helpful.
Click to expand...

Open EventViewer: Start>Run eventvwr.msc [enter] and click on
"Application". In the "Source" column, look for the "Winlogon" item.
Double-click it and you should see the results of your Chkdsk.

Malke

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Should it appear when I run chkdsk from GUI or command line?
On my computer I can't find results of manually ran chkdsk scans.
 
For a look at the chkdsk log.

Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK |
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
[[Description: This includes file system type; drive letter or GUID, and
volume name or serial number to help determine what volume Chkdsk ran
against. Also included is whether Chkdsk ran because a user scheduled it or
because the dirty bit was set.]]

[[When Autochk runs against a volume at boot time it records its output to a
file called Bootex.log in the root of the volume being checked. The Winlogon
service then moves the contents of each Bootex.log file to the Application
Event log.]]

[[This file states whether Chkdsk encountered any errors and, if so,
whether they were fixed.]]

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This will create a chkdsk log.

Paste this into a command prompt...

CHKDSK C: /F > C:\CHKDISKLOG.TXT

Hit your Enter key.

Click YES on the popup to reboot.

After CHKDSK has run paste this in Start | Run...

C:\CHKDISKLOG.TXT

Click OK.

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Doug Knox <[email protected]>

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