anyone know where scandisk keeps its logs under w2k ?

**ZL1** · May 27th, 2003, 05:02 AM

Hi

guys do you know where scandisk keeps its logs in w2k ?

Thanks
Dan

**muno** · May 27th, 2003, 05:14 AM

Usually it's in root directory, eg. c:\
-M

**ZL1** · May 27th, 2003, 05:21 AM

nope it aint there

**muno** · May 27th, 2003, 05:54 AM

That's odd, I remember having scandisk program.. But upon searching there isn't such thing as 'scandisk.exe' on my hd.
And ms doesn't want to tell anything about it.

Why do you need the log file?
-M

**ZL1** · May 27th, 2003, 05:56 AM

Hi

yes in w2k its called differently, I think chkdsk or something

I need it to see what files it damaged when it screwed up my hdd
I have a 200gb hdd I partitioned it into two partitions of 100gb to be safe against the 137gb problem and guess what it still screwed me, I hate this

Dan

**muno** · May 27th, 2003, 06:03 AM

Well, it doesn't excatly go that way.
chkdsk.exe was way back in dos times, it was replaced by scandisk.exe on windows. But it seems too that scandisk has been ditched and they went back to chkdsk (that's the only disk checking tool I found, and perhaps the gui is what one sees on tools menu).

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;272244

That is what ms knows about chkdsk, but it's only for server products.
-M

**cadetstimp** · May 28th, 2003, 12:04 PM

chkdsk will place entries into the event log.

**ZL1** · May 28th, 2003, 12:05 PM

Originally posted by cadetstimp
chkdsk will place entries into the event log.

what is the file name of the event log ? event.log ?

Thanks
Dan

**ZL1** · May 28th, 2003, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by muno
Well, it doesn't excatly go that way.
chkdsk.exe was way back in dos times, it was replaced by scandisk.exe on windows. But it seems too that scandisk has been ditched and they went back to chkdsk (that's the only disk checking tool I found, and perhaps the gui is what one sees on tools menu).

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;272244

That is what ms knows about chkdsk, but it's only for server products.
-M

Hi

yes they went back to chkdsk in w2k and keep using it

Dan

**cadetstimp** · May 29th, 2003, 04:23 AM

Originally posted by ZL1

what is the file name of the event log ? event.log ?

Thanks
Dan

Double click Administrative Tools in the Control Panel and then Double Click Event Viewer. Chkdsk errors and fixes will appear in the system log as they occur.

If you need chkdsk information logged even if a chkdsk is error free then try the following command...

C:\>chkdsk d: /f>chkdsk.log

replace d: with the driver letter you prefer to check. In this example a chkdsk.log file will be created in teh root of C:

**muno** · May 29th, 2003, 08:02 AM

He needed the log file from previous chkdsk. So without specifically telling chkdsk to create a log everytime run it isn't created.

Conclusion: There is no log file of what happened.
-M