Running chksdk C: /F /V upon reboot doesn't fully complete in 2004

Bree said:

Yes, there too. But for a chkdsk at boot up the event log isn't running yet, so the log is initially written to System Volume Information which is where the Event log picked it up from. Unlike the event log which gets cleared at each feature update, the logs in System Volume Information persist until you reformat the drive.

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That's interesting @Bree, I didn't know that!

Bree said:

Yes, System Volume Information is used for more than just the normal restore points. The built-in Windows system imaging stores data there too.


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Thanks, i will definitely have a look into those over the weekend @Bree.

Paul Black said:

Thanks, i will definitely have a look into those over the weekend @Bree.

Yes, @Bree is correct. I didn't know that either until a year ago.
However, I like accessing the SVI folder directly, so I have access to everything and note trends when the Feature Update was installed.

Quicker for me than Event Viewer at times.

Compumind said:

Yes, @Bree is correct. I didn't know that either until a year ago.
However, I like accessing the SVI folder directly, so I have access to everything and note trends when the Feature Update was installed.

Quicker for me than Event Viewer at times.

Thanks for that information.

Bree said:

The way I get access to look inside without needing to change anything is to run TreeSize Free as an administrator.

Really?

OK, I will give it a go!

Thanks.