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Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or windows xp event log codes posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and how to use event viewer windows 7 answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/snap_event_viewer.mspx up and rise to the top Where are the results of the XP Disk Error Checking utility logged? up vote 3 down vote favorite Last Friday, before I left work, I started a disk error check using the GUI found on the Tools tab of the disk properties. I checked the boxes for "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors." It http://superuser.com/questions/173887/where-are-the-results-of-the-xp-disk-error-checking-utility-logged hadn't finished by the time I left. When I came in this morning, there was a message box saying that the check had completed successfully, but I haven't been able to find the results (i.e. if there were any corrupt files or other errors). A subsequent run of chkdsk (in the console with no switches) informs me that there are no bad sectors and that the indexes check out and there are no errors. Usually I run chkdsk on the command line and am able to look over the results. When its run on the OS drive, it logs an event in Application section that shows the same result text as the console prints. Are the results of the Disk Error Checking utility logged anywhere so I can review them? EDIT TO ADD: This was not the OS drive and was connected via USB. windows-xp chkdsk share|improve this question edited Aug 9 '10 at 21:26 asked Aug 9 '10 at 17:49 yhw42 2,01611727 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 7 down vote They are logged in event viewer. Start -> Run -> type "eventvwr.msc" (no quotes) -> ENTER. Click on Application and select the most recent winlogon e
Links HelpWithWindows.com RoseCitySoftware.com Recommended Links Menu Log in or Sign up Search Search titles only Posted by Member: Separate names with a comma. Newer Than: Search this thread only Search this forum only https://www.windowsbbs.com/threads/where-does-win-xp-store-its-error-log.6511/ Display results as threads Useful Searches Recent Posts More... WindowsBBS Forums > Operating Systems http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/fixing-the-event-log-is-full-error-on-windows-xp/ > Windows XP > This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More. You are viewing our forum as a guest. For full access please Register. WindowsBBS.com is completely free, paid for by advertisers and donations. Cookies Registration Notice Where does Win Xp store its event viewer error log? Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by Callili, 2002/06/27. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. 2002/06/27 Callili Inactive Thread Starter Joined: 2002/06/26 Messages: 5 Likes Received: 0 Trophy Points: 76 Location: UK Computer Experience: Beginner Where does Win Xp store its error log? I get an error when shutting down PC, I disabled 'system reboot if an error is found' - so now it shows the error message, I'd windows xp event like to know where this is stored so I can print it off / copy it and get help! Its a blue screen error with a full page of jargon. Many thanks Callili Callili, #1 2002/06/27 Daizy Inactive Joined: 2002/02/19 Messages: 2,965 Likes Received: 0 Trophy Points: 606 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Computer Experience: Depends on coffee input. Hi Callili Do you mean the System Log? If so.....click Start and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click Administrative Tools. Double–click Event Viewer to open it and then System Log to view. Daizy You don't suppose I'm depriving a village somewhere of an idiot? Daizy, #2 Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. 2002/06/28 Callili Inactive Thread Starter Joined: 2002/06/26 Messages: 5 Likes Received: 0 Trophy Points: 76 Location: UK Computer Experience: Beginner Thanks Yes, thanks Daizy that was what I was looking for, hmm, I found a fair few errors! The one I kept coming across when I shut the PC down didn't appear to be there, oh dear! I'm sure if I can decipher any of it, I'll be posting here again Callili Callili, #3 2002/06/28 Newt Inactive Joined: 2002/01/07 Messages: 10,974 Likes Received: 2 Trophy Poin
Appearance Subscribe l l FOLLOW US TWITTER GOOGLE+ FACEBOOK GET UPDATES BY EMAIL Enter your email below to get exclusive access to our best articles and tips before everybody else. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Search How-To Geek Fixing "The Event Log is Full" Error on Windows XP I was working on a project for work when I suddenly got the strangest error: "The Event Log is Full". Seriously? What I didn't remember is that Windows XP doesn't automatically overwrite events less than 7 days old from the event log, so when it's full, most applications that try and write to the event log are going to break. You can easily fix this problem by changing the event logs to overwrite old events regardless of the date, or just increase the size that the log is allowed to grow to. Note: If your event log is so huge within 7 days that you are getting this error, there's probably something seriously wrong. You should inspect your event log to understand what is causing all of the errors… more on that in a future article. Increasing Event Log Size Open up Event Viewer by typing in eventvwr into the Start \ Run box, or you can find it under Administrative tools section of Control Panel. You'll notice over on the right-hand side of the window that the current size of my Application and System Event Logs are 512 KB… Now you can right-click on one of the Event Logs in the list, and choose Properties from the menu. In this dialog you can do a number of things… you could clear the log, increase the size, or just set the system to overwrite events as needed. I chose to increase the maximum size of the event log, and then also to overwrite events as needed. For those of you using Windows Vista, you'll notice that the default settings in Vista are to overwrite as needed, and the maximum size is way bigger. Guess my setting choices make sense then… Again, if your Application or System event logs are growing so gigantic that you are getting this error, you should really look into the root cause by carefully examining the entries in the logs. JOIN THE DISCUSSION Tweet Lowell Heddings, better known online as the How-To Geek, spends all his free time bringing you fresh geekery on a daily basis. You can follow him on Google+ if you'd like. Published 12/9/08 SHOW ARCHIVED READER COMMENTS (25) Comments (25) December 10, 2008 venkat This is a nice tweak to increase the event log file size. December 10, 2008 Bill You can also Clear all Events from the same context menu as well :) December 10, 2008 Deyaa Addeen Fahmy Shede