After running check disk, do I need to review a log or anything? How do I
know if problems were detected?

Do I just run and forget?

Just run it and forget it. The only time you might want to consult the log is if you see that chkdsk has corrected errors. And most of those involve nothing more than Windows internal housekeeping.

You should be concerned if chkdsk continually finds errors or if you suspect you have a problem with your hard disk.

Ted Zieglar

"Downunder" <Downunder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:471EA1C4-09B1-4AE3-8D9E-121B7958D9D5@microsoft.com...
> After running check disk, do I need to review a log or anything? How do I
> know if problems were detected?
>
> Do I just run and forget?

I suppose thats part of my question. If I don't check it, and I don't know
how to, how do I know if there are any problems?

"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

> Just run it and forget it. The only time you might want to consult the log is if you see that chkdsk has corrected errors. And most of those involve nothing more than Windows internal housekeeping.
>
> You should be concerned if chkdsk continually finds errors or if you suspect you have a problem with your hard disk.
>
> Ted Zieglar
>
> "Downunder" <Downunder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:471EA1C4-09B1-4AE3-8D9E-121B7958D9D5@microsoft.com...
> > After running check disk, do I need to review a log or anything? How do I
> > know if problems were detected?
> >
> > Do I just run and forget?
>

You could say the same about any of the logs that Windows and your various software programs create. You could check 'em all (if you've got the time), or you could simply wait until your computer is experiencing a problem.

If you'd like to see the fine details, do this:

Start > Run > type: cmd > OK > type: chkdsk x: [where x is the drive letter you want to check]

That runs error checking in read-only mode. There's all the detail laid out for you. Do you see "0 kb in bad sectors"? Then sit back with the beverage of your choice and do something more enjoyable with your computer.

Ted Zieglar

"Downunder" <Downunder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:535B34C8-27F3-422B-9FE3-6C28145B4D3C@microsoft.com...
>I suppose thats part of my question. If I don't check it, and I don't know
> how to, how do I know if there are any problems?
>
> "Ted Zieglar" wrote:
>
>> Just run it and forget it. The only time you might want to consult the log is if you see that chkdsk has corrected errors. And most of those involve nothing more than Windows internal housekeeping.
>>
>> You should be concerned if chkdsk continually finds errors or if you suspect you have a problem with your hard disk.
>>
>> Ted Zieglar
>>
>> "Downunder" <Downunder@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:471EA1C4-09B1-4AE3-8D9E-121B7958D9D5@microsoft.com...
>> > After running check disk, do I need to review a log or anything? How do I
>> > know if problems were detected?
>> >
>> > Do I just run and forget?
>>

If a volume's dirty bit is set, this indicates that the file system may be
in an inconsistent state. The dirty bit can be set because the volume is
online and has outstanding changes, because changes were made to the volume
and the computer shutdown before the changes were committed to disk, or
because corruption was detected on the volume. If the dirty bit is set when
the computer restarts, chkdsk runs to verify the consistency of the volume.

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. One event log message for each volume checked is recorded. So
check the application event log. Start|Run|eventvwr.msc

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"Downunder" wrote:
| After running check disk, do I need to review a log or anything? How do I
| know if problems were detected?
|
| Do I just run and forget?