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More info?)
As far as I know, after running chkdsk with the R switch you can get *.chk
files. These are supposed to be readable, by what I don't know. I just
delete them.
More info...
Open a command prompt and type:
chkdsk /?
Hit the Enter key.
More info...
Type: chkdsk in the Search box in Help and Support.
You'll see items like these...
http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&View=en-us&s=6&c=0&qu=Chkdsk
English Knowledge Base (KB) You Searched: Windows XP For: chkdsk
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?spid=1173&query=chkdsk&catalog=LCID%3D1033&pwt=false&title=false&kt=ALL&mdt=0&comm=1&ast=1&ast=2&ast=3&mode=a&x=11&y=4
English Knowledge Base (KB) You Searched: All Products For: chkdsk
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&mode=s&cat=false&query=chkdsk&srch=sup&x=8&y=14
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:LdednclHmKsACIreRVnytg@pipex.net,
zjustice <zeroREMOVEnews2@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wes
>
> Say a full chkdsk finds errors not just those "removing unused" ines
> but corrects everything
> then you re-chkdsk and it shows no errors
>
> does that mean your data has been fully corrected - using NTFS XP SP2 by
> the way
>
> i.e. a clear run and your in the clear ?
>
> what an advance NTFS is !
>
> thanks
>
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:O7GVBrzrFHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Open the Event Viewer...
>> Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | 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.]]
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:spedncIHS5_6w4reRVnytg@pipex.net,
>> zjustice <zeroREMOVEnews2@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> To save me watching the screen !
>>>
>>> thanks