Ars Technica

Why does WHS's chkdsk create huge logs?

I've a relatively new, vanilla WHS installation with Power Pack 3 running a pool of 12 SATA disks, 4 through the mobo and 8 through a controller card. For the past couple of days I noticed that ...
Ars Technica

Bootex.log file corrupt, NTFS drive looping Chkdsk Problem

I've found some people with similar NTFS problems here. I have 3 identical new machines and 2 are a ghost of the original, running Windows XP home. The problem has only surfaced several days after the ...

Checking the Cause of CHKDSK Running Every Time on Windows via Dirty Bit

If CHKDSK starts every time you boot Windows, check the Dirty Bit, scheduled next scan, and previous results separately before excluding it.The target audience is Windows administrators who cannot ...
Houston Chronicle

Why Does My Computer Run Chkdsk at Startup?

A computer running Chkdsk during startup is probably not causing harm, but it could still be cause for alarm. This command-line utility also called Check Disk checks for and fixes file system issues ...