How do I see the results of Memory Diagnostic I ran - Microsoft Learn

“Just run the memory diagnostic,” our IT guy, Leo, had said over the phone, his voice dripping with the boredom of someone who had explained Ctrl+Alt+Del to a thousand panicking souls. “Type mdsched into the run box. Let it do its thing.”

The blue screen had become a morning ritual, more reliable than my coffee maker. Every day at 9:07 AM, like clockwork, my work laptop would stutter, freeze, and dissolve into a sad, cyan face. The error code was always different, but the result was the same: lost work, a pounding heart, and the slow erosion of my sanity.

The tool uses specific Event IDs to communicate the health of your memory modules: Action Required Pass : No hardware errors were detected during the scan.

: Double-click the event (usually Event ID 1201 ) to see if errors were detected. Understanding the Outcome

58% complete… Unallocated space. Event “august_3_2019” – location not found. 89% complete… Rootkit detected. Signature: “grief_cycle_v2.” Attempting quarantine.

If the tool finds no issues with your RAM modules, the process is relatively passive.

: To avoid searching through thousands of entries, click Filter Current Log... in the right-hand panel.

My heart stopped. The diagnostic bar from before reappeared, but it wasn’t checking memory addresses. The label above it read:

: In the "Event sources" dropdown, check the box for MemoryDiagnostics-Results and click OK.

I tried to scream, but my mouth wouldn’t move. I couldn’t blink. I was no longer looking at the screen; the screen was looking through me. The final percentage ticked up.

The screen flickered. The text changed again.

To view the results of the (run via mdsched.exe ), you should check the Event Viewer after your computer restarts. While a notification often appears in the taskbar, it can be easy to miss. How to Find Your Results