Windows 10: Could someone please assist with my Chkdsk event viewer log

When booting up, my PC goes to a blue screen and the message "Just a moment" is displayed. Nothing happens for hours and I have to do a hard power down and restart. I ran Chkdsk and received the following in Event Viewer. Could someone please advise what this means and what could be causing this issue.Chkdsk was executed in scan mode on a volume snapshot. Checking file system on \Device\HarddiskVolume3Volume label is Windows.Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure&

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there are no chkdsk logs in event viewer

i have run a few chkdsk commands on my hdd and on a few usb sticks, however i can't find any log in the event viewer regarding the chkdsk output.

the commands complete successfully (as i see in the CMD window), it's only the logs that never appear in the event viewer.

 

How to read the latest Chkdsk event viewer log in PowerShell (on Windows 10)?

As I find it rather cumbersome to run Event Viewer and filter out the latest Chkdsk log, may I poke a question:

How to read the latest Chkdsk event viewer log in PowerShell (on Windows 10)?

My humble requirements for the solution:

• It has to be done in PowerShell (not ISE, normal PowerShell terminal).
  
• It has to be done without Administrator privileges (to save some mouse clicks).
  

Important notes:

• I mean the Chkdsk scheduled at boot for the system drive, usually C:.
  
• Apart from the log, it should output the date and time, if possible.
  

 

Read Chkdsk Log in Event Viewer in Windows 10


If I use this path it doesn't work:




If I use this path then it works fine: