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I recently ran the chkdsk in Windows 7 on my local C: drive. After chkdsk completed, the results flashed on the screen for a few seconds and then the computer booted up. I wasn't able to read the results in time. Are the results saved to a text file somewhere?

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As Randolph mentions, it is in the Event Viewer. More specifically, here:

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer -> Windows Logs -> Application -> Wininit

Wininit is found under the source column.

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Thanks - it was 50 / 50 between System and Application. I've updated my answer as well. – Randolph West Nov 23 '10 at 22:05
In XP there was, since then I haven't had a use for a log, so I don't know. However, you can run CHKDSK from the command line and force it to output a text file log: CHKDSK C: /F > C:\LOG.TXT – Paul Nov 23 '10 at 22:22
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Event Viewer, under System Application, but in some cases it won't show at all.

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Yeah, I don't see anything at all about chkdsk. Is it saved to a file somewhere or can you run it so that the results are saved to a specific file? – Brian Sturm Nov 23 '10 at 20:37
No, there is no file, check Paul's answer for details about how to localize it. – Alberto Martinez Nov 23 '10 at 20:40
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