Sandy & G- I have a note beside my computer that tells me where to find the results of scandisk. It says go to Control Panel, Administrative tools, Event Viewer, Applications, winlogon. Seems to me it is pretty well hidden from the casual viewer! Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 10:38 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: External HDD format-- Roger > Under XP, you will find the scan results in the Event Viewer. I clear > mine > out occasionally, so I can't tell you off the top which of the two default > active sections to look in. Since it just occured, it will be one of the > entries near the top. Double click on one of them to open up the dialog > box > and then use the arrow buttons on the right side of the box to move > through > adjacent entries. > > Peace, > Gman > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------