Why event log is empty? 1

[Pet35]

Windows 2000 Server SP4.
After a system crash I tried the check the event log,
but it shows nothing at all.
Now I have no idea, how to check the system state.

Any comments are welcome.

 

[sioxley]

Probably a corrupt log. I've had this happen before and this fixed it.

Go to services and stop event log service.
Backup all your *.evt files in winnt\system32\config
Delete the evt files.
Restart services then reboot the server.

This should get the logs working again and you may be able to veiw the old logs that were backed up.

 

[Pet35]

Thank you for the tip, Sioxley!
Now the event log works again.

Do you have an idea how to repair a corrupted log file?
It would be nice to see what happened to the computer, before the system crashed.

 

[sioxley]

Glad it worked for you Pet35.

Unfortunately I don't know how to repair a corrupt log file. Have you tried opening them in event veiwer now it's working again? You might get lucky.

Maybe someone else on the board can help with this?