I am running Vista Ultimate 64-bit.

The other day I started my PC and it started with a CheckDisk.  It had some messages 
what the problem was but it went by too quick.  My PC started fine.

I was wondering if there was a log somewhere that I could look at to see exactly 
what the problem / error message was?

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Whether your computer rebooted with an error while you're away or you scheduled an automated check disk upon bootup, you might not get enough time to examine bootup chkdsk results. The good news is that Windows NT will save this information in the Events Log. Open Event Viewer Windows NT 4.x: Select "Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Event Viewer" from the Start Menu. Select "Log | Application" from the main menu. Scroll through the events until you see an event with "Autochk" as the "Source". Double click on the selected event to view the results of previous bootup check disk operations.

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When you plagiarize, it would be courteous to acknowledge your sources.

http://www.chami.com/tips/windows/052598W.html

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Though the wording does appear to be the same, there is no reason to believe that this site you mentioned is the source. I WAS under the assumption that this site was here for the purpose of helping to solve peoples problems and not to take credit for anything. At least I'm not here to brag about my ability to impress others looking up something that the person who asked the question could have done themselves had they so desired or to edit my work so that it might look like it was professionally edited. AND I seldom if ever see the sites most commonly referred to here list up front that they have not only copied the wording they use from 10 other sites but the exact layout of it also. AND I do not complain about Oreilly letting us do the footwork to discover the best way to solve these questions and then write a book not listing any credits to us. By the way did your comment or answer do anything that would better help the person requesting the help?

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Lol...Whay to go Charlie







On Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 12:22 pm, Charlie Hadden wrote:

>Though the wording does appear to be the same, there is no reason to believe that 

>this site you mentioned is the source. I WAS under the assumption that this site 

>was here for the purpose of helping to solve peoples problems and not to take credit 

>for anything. At least I'm not here to brag about my ability to impress others looking 

>up something that the person who asked the question could have done themselves had 

>they so desired or to edit my work so that it might look like it was professionally 

>edited. AND I seldom if ever see the sites most commonly referred to here list up 

>front that they have not only copied the wording they use from 10 other sites but 

>the exact layout of it also. AND I do not complain about Oreilly letting us do the 

>footwork to discover the best way to solve these questions and then write a book 

>not listing any credits to us. By the way did your comment or answer do anything 

>that would better help the person requesting the help? 

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Grow up.

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You are the one that made the slanderous statement accusing me. If you can not contribute to the assistance here and work in a cooperative manner, you are nothing more than an agitator trying to degrade the purpose of this forum. I never have any derogatory remark if another person has a similar or totally opposite idea to offer here, but when it comes to trying to disrupt the forum with posturing and childish name calling, I do not tolerate it. I am here for one reason only, to help those having problems with their VISTA.

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I am running Vista. I brought up the Event Viewer. I have gone thru several of the Logs and search for "autochk" with no luck. Do you know which one I need to go into? I have gone into the following ones: Windows Logs - Application Windows Logs - System Applications and Services Logs - Microsoft I would appreciate any updated info. Thanks Stephen H.


On Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 8:37 am, Charlie Hadden wrote:
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>You are the one that made the slanderous statement accusing me. If you can not contribute
>to the assistance here and work in a cooperative manner, you are nothing more than
>an agitator trying to degrade the purpose of this forum. I never have any derogatory
>remark if another person has a similar or totally opposite idea to offer here, but
>when it comes to trying to disrupt the forum with posturing and childish name calling,
>I do not tolerate it. I am here for one reason only, to help those having problems
>with their VISTA.

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First I want to apologize for the interruption there. Now, I would look into the "Summary of Administrative Events". In here you open each category with the normal use of the boxed '+' sign. They are nicely listed by:Critical, Error, Warning... Even events happening in your Antivirus should show up. They are neatly listed by: Last hour, 24 hours, and 7 days. This is going to be the friendly view. Also add CheckDisk to you mental discriminator (thought process) while look this up. If you are wise and carefully you can also clean up old junk (don't mess if you don't have a clue) in here. Further down in the 'Log Summary' you can view by date Application and hardware events chronologically. This means you can go back to the the exact moment you experienced this CheckDisk. Finally, how are things running right now. Is the computer otherwise OK? Do you realize that this was a fact of life in WIN 95. I know this is not Win 95 we are talking about but CheckDisk is a check and repair service and it may have said nothing more than "NO ERRORS FOUND". Which is usually the case. You can manually run a CheckDisk now and see if any bad news shows up currently. Find the manufacturer (look in Device Manager) of the hard drive and see if they offer any FREE diagnostic software on-line. That is always a good safety measure if the H/D might be failing. And of course that is what we are worried about. I a glad you noticed the event and want to take normal precautions, but don't let it control your life. The machine does not control you. You control the machine. Don't let it become a monster. If you are scared of losing data, get it copied right away. Let me know how things go.

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