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How do i know if Windows XP did a improper shutdown?
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PikaPuff
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24. April 2008 @ 06:43 |
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If Windows Millennium Edition can detect if you did a improper shutdown(power cut) the scandisk will boot up at start.
How do i know if Windows XP did a improper shutdown(power cut).
It doesnt tell you if you did a improper shutdown.Maybe i disable a services?
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ddp
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24. April 2008 @ 13:25 |
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if you did an improper shutdown in windows, it will do a scandisk before it goes into windows.
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PikaPuff
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24. April 2008 @ 14:35 |
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Well i see no scandisk display on xp,i even switch off the power when windows xp is fully loaded up.It just boot up normal with no warning messages.
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24. April 2008 @ 14:40 |
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in xp the improper shutdown doesn't affect the integrity of the hard drive unline in previous versions of Windows... if it thinks there may be a problem with the drive, then it may scan it on startup otherwise don't worry too much about it...
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goodswipe
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24. April 2008 @ 14:50 |
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Originally posted by PikaPuff:
If Windows Millennium Edition can detect if you did a improper shutdown(power cut) the scandisk will boot up at start.
How do i know if Windows XP did a improper shutdown(power cut).
It doesnt tell you if you did a improper shutdown.Maybe i disable a services?
Check in the System Information log. This should be in...
>Accessories >System Tools >System Information
Go through all the logs.
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24. April 2008 @ 19:47 |
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Easiest way to know for sure would be 2 check the event logs.
Go to Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Event Viewer
open it up
look to your left and double click on system
Look for the specific time you shut down your computer in the logs
.. .if there are no errors, then most likely there is no problem with windows.... there might be a hardware problem tho..
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goodswipe
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25. April 2008 @ 10:31 |
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Ahh, forgot about event viewer..good call..
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25. April 2008 @ 11:08 |
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if i'm not mistaken, Windows ME ran in FAT32 so if the computer crashed it needed to run scandisk in order to recover the drive due to FAT32 file system... And XP runs the NTFS file system that doesn't have the same issues as FAT32. so that's why it isn't nessacery to run scandisk after a crash... feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.
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ddp
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25. April 2008 @ 15:35 |
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engage, yes me is fat32 & so can win2k & xp. anytime i setup xp, i usually format the hd to fat32 unless the pc does not have a floppy then i'll use ntfs.
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25. April 2008 @ 22:06 |
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why fat32 over ntfs? is there an advantage to that or is it just personal preference?
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ddp
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25. April 2008 @ 23:39 |
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most of my customers don't have single files over 4gig which is a fat32 limit & can use a win98 bootdisk to do a file repair so that windows can load without using xp cd.
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25. April 2008 @ 23:46 |
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okay... i see... the 4 gig limit don't work with me due to my 4.3gb dvd-5 backups... and yes, the 98 bootdisk, one of the 9 wonders of the world. it has saved me on many of occasions, but is slowly becoming obsolete...
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PikaPuff
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26. April 2008 @ 07:09 |
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Originally posted by jremele:
Easiest way to know for sure would be 2 check the event logs.
Go to Control Panel
Administrative Tools
Event Viewer
open it up
look to your left and double click on system
Look for the specific time you shut down your computer in the logs
.. .if there are no errors, then most likely there is no problem with windows.... there might be a hardware problem tho..
In the event viewer/system
I think its Event ID 6006.This tell you windows has shutdown correctly.
It is not logged when you hit the reset button or power cut.
6005 -start
6009 - ?
Normal windows startup/shutdown log event ID
6005 -start
6009 - ?
6006 -stop
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