Vista event viewer chkdsk log

In Windows 7 and all previous versions of Windows, if some inconsistency was found on the file system, chkdsk would run automatically but it showed you the details. Solved: results of chkdsk log not showing up in event viewer Discussion in ' Windows 7 ' started by Mr.

Newton, Nov 17, Problem is I have no idea what it displayed, since it then proceeded to reboot the machine when it was done. How do I get it to stop, pause or otherwise let me see what it did? Search Ask Leo! Problem is I have no idea what it displayed, since it then proceeded to reboot the machine when it was done.

How do I get it to stop, pause or otherwise let me see what it did? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Podcast audio. Re: Take that your PC is running chkdsk on boot.. That is not correct. You might make sure to close all running programs, in case an open file is confusing it.

Technology with Confidence. This should help you identify the startup events after the scan About half way down the list of logs, look for the item Wininit in the source column. This will contain the log data for the ChkDsk scan prior to the boot. Monday, April 7, AM. Robert42 wrote: I also am searching for the chkdsk log in Windows XP. Tuesday, July 1, AM. Wednesday, July 2, AM.

I could not find any log in the Event Viewer. I found a "bootex. Below is the content as an example, however, I haven't found anything that goes into anymore detail than this: Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Cleaning up instance tags for file 0x11eb0. Cleaning up unused security descriptors. Usn Journal verification completed. File data verification completed. Please help? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

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