CHKDSK doesn’t create a log file but it does write an entry to the Windows application log.
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Winlogon
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
You would think the system log would be more appropriate. That’s where I looked first. But there I go again…expecting things to make sense. What was I thinking!
Rebuilding the Paging File | 19-Jul-07 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
[…] Go to System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory > Change and configure No paging file for the existing drive. Select one of the other drives and configure System managed size. This effectively removes the paging file from one disk and creates it on another disk. You may get some warnings regarding the inability to create a dump file when doing this. Just click past them and finish the configuration. Reboot the server when prompted. When the system finishes rebooting, run the CHKDSK X: /F /R command and reboot again when prompted. When the system finishes the CHKDSK process, check the application log for the CHKDSK results and then move the paging file back to the original drive using the previous steps. A successful completion of these steps results in a fresh paging file on a known good file system. […]