Scheduling Disk Defrag

[Charlie Grimes]

How do I schedule my computer to preform a defrag on my C
drive at night time when I am away from my computer?

[Will Denny]

Hi

Control Panel>Scheduled Tasks - Add Scheduled Task - Next>Browse to =
%SystemRoot%\System32\dfrg.msc. You will need a valid password for your =
account so that the Defrag will run.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


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[Charles Grimes]

I had tried what you suggested but the defrag menu just
came up on the screen without starting to defrag the
computer.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Control Panel>Scheduled Tasks - Add Scheduled Task -
Next>Browse to %SystemRoot%\System32\dfrg.msc. You will
need a valid password for your account so that the Defrag
will run.
>
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>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
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>> drive at night time when I am away from my computer?
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[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Charles,

That's because the gui interface to the built-in defragmenter can't be
scheduled. You need to schedule the command line interface - defrag.exe

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.


"Charles Grimes" > wrote in message
...
> I had tried what you suggested but the defrag menu just
> came up on the screen without starting to defrag the
> computer.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi
> >
> >Control Panel>Scheduled Tasks - Add Scheduled Task -
> Next>Browse to %SystemRoot%\System32\dfrg.msc. You will
> need a valid password for your account so that the Defrag
> will run.
> >
> >--
> >
> >Will Denny
> >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >
> >
> >"Charlie Grimes" > wrote in
> message ...
> >> How do I schedule my computer to preform a defrag on
> my C
> >> drive at night time when I am away from my computer?
> >
> >
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> 05/12/2003
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[_ _ J]

Use "defrag" instead. See...

[Start]
| Help and Support |
defrag
[Enter]

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"Charles Grimes" > wrote:
| I had tried what you suggested but the defrag menu just
| came up on the screen without starting to defrag the
| computer.

| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi
| >Control Panel>Scheduled Tasks - Add Scheduled Task -
| Next>Browse to %SystemRoot%\System32\dfrg.msc. You will
| need a valid password for your account so that the Defrag
| will run.
| >--
| >Will Denny
| >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

| >"Charlie Grimes" > wrote:
| >> How do I schedule my computer to preform a defrag on my C
| >> drive at night time when I am away from my computer?

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Defrag All Hard Disks (Can run as a
Scheduled Task)

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"Charlie Grimes" > wrote in message
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> How do I schedule my computer to preform a defrag on my C
> drive at night time when I am away from my computer?