Meaning of chkdsk output?

[Ham Pastrami]

Can somebody describe in detail what is meant by the following:

xxxxxx KB in use by the system
xxxxxx KB occupied by the log file

Namely, what is the purpose of the space taken by these categories, and what
affects their size?

 

[John John]

Can somebody describe in detail what is meant by the following:

xxxxxx KB in use by the system

This value is includes MFT and other NTFS metafiles.

xxxxxx KB occupied by the log file

This value is the NTFS Log file.

Namely, what is the purpose of the space taken by these categories, and what
affects their size?

How to locate and correct disk space problems on NTFS volumes
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303079/EN-US/

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit
Chapter 17 - File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000Pro/reskit/part3/proch17.mspx?mfr=true

How NTFS Works
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...bf8e-4164-862d-dac5418c59481033.mspx?mfr=true

John