Diskeeper 10 User's Manual

50 Diskeeper Operation
Use the Enable volume fragmentation data collection option to enable or disable the daily analysis of your
volumes to gather fragmentation data.
Event Logging
Diskeeper allows you to record information about its activity in a log file.
Click Diskeeper Configuration Properties in the Diskeeper toolbar or the Configure Diskeeper task
group in the Quick Launch pane, then select the Event Logging option. Within this page, you can alternately
enable and disable the logging of various events to the Diskeeper Event Log. The logging method varies,
depending on the version of Windows you are using.
See below for information about specifying what gets logged.
Under Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
A log of Diskeeper activity is stored in the Windows Application Event Log file.
When Diskeeper logs an event, the event and its message are appended to the Windows Application Event Log
file, along with the date, time, user, and other identifying information. These events can then be viewed with
the Windows Event Viewer by choosing the Application option in the Event Viewer Log menu.
The Event Viewer is found in the Windows Administrative Tools group.
Note: Left in its default configuration, the Windows Application Event log on Windows NT, Windows 2000
and Windows XP can fill up quickly. See page 4 for information on how to set up the Application Event Log
under these operating systems to avoid this situation.
Under Windows 98/Me
A log of Diskeeper activity is stored in a text file.
When Diskeeper logs an event, the event and its message are appended to the Diskeeper log file. These events
are written as a text file, which can then be viewed with Notepad, or your choice of text editor programs.
The Diskeeper log file is named DkEventLog.txt and it is stored by default in the directory folder where
Diskeeper was installed. The file is limited to 1 MB in size. Once it reaches this size, the log file is purged
completely and the event log is started from scratch.
Specifying What Gets Logged
Note: Left in it default configuration, the Windows Application Event log on Windows NT, Windows 2000,
and Windows XP can fill up quickly. See page 4 for information on how to set up the Application Event Log
under these operating systems to avoid this situation.
Also Note: Since Windows 98 and Windows Me do not have an Application Event Log, Diskeeper events are
written to a text file named DkEventLog.txt and it is stored by default in the directory folder where Diskeeper
was installed.
Click Diskeeper Configuration Properties in the Diskeeper toolbar or the Configure Diskeeper task
group in the Quick Launch pane, then select the Event Logging option to access the Event Logging page.
The Event Logging page displays a list of events for which logging can be enabled or disabled. Use the check
boxes for the following options to alternately enable or disable each option:
Service start and stop