I have two physical hard disks. How do I tell Vista to only defragment only
one hard disk at a time?

If you're just using the GUI, you can't. But, if you run a Command Prompt
in Administrator mode (right-click on it and select "Run as administrator"),
you can type "defrag x" (where x is the drive you want to defragment). To
get the full syntax, type "defrag /?". I'll include it here, too:

Syntax: defrag <volume> -a [-v]
defrag <volume> [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]
defrag -c [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]

Parameters:

Value Description

<volume> Specifies the drive letter or mount point path of the volume
to
be defragmented or analyzed.

-c Defragments all volumes on this computer.

-a Performs fragmentation analysis only.

-r Performs partial defragmentation (default). Attempts to
consolidate only fragments smaller than 64 megabytes (MB).

-w Performs full defragmentation. Attempts to consolidate all
file
fragments, regardless of their size.

-f Forces defragmentation of the volume when free space is low.

-v Specifies verbose mode. The defragmentation and analysis
output
is more detailed.

-? Displays this help information.

Examples:

defrag d:
defrag d:\vol\mountpoint -w -f
defrag d: -a -v
defrag -c -v




"StephenIn ABQ" <StephenIn (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FF920F5C-A010-4954-AEFD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have two physical hard disks. How do I tell Vista to only defragment
>only
> one hard disk at a time?

David: I've been looking for an answer to the OP's question since I first
started running RC1. Now I'm using OEM version of Vista Ultimate 64.
However, if I click on "run as administrator," where am I supposed to type
in the command? No command-line interface opens up when I click on "run as
administrator."
Am I supposed to click on that AND open a command prompt at the same time?



"David A. Lessnau" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:72E992FE-F9DB-4357-9A5F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you're just using the GUI, you can't. But, if you run a Command Prompt
> in Administrator mode (right-click on it and select "Run as
> administrator"), you can type "defrag x" (where x is the drive you want to
> defragment). To get the full syntax, type "defrag /?". I'll include it
> here, too:
>
> Syntax: defrag <volume> -a [-v]
> defrag <volume> [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]
> defrag -c [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]
>
> Parameters:
>
> Value Description
>
> <volume> Specifies the drive letter or mount point path of the volume
> to
> be defragmented or analyzed.
>
> -c Defragments all volumes on this computer.
>
> -a Performs fragmentation analysis only.
>
> -r Performs partial defragmentation (default). Attempts to
> consolidate only fragments smaller than 64 megabytes (MB).
>
> -w Performs full defragmentation. Attempts to consolidate all
> file
> fragments, regardless of their size.
>
> -f Forces defragmentation of the volume when free space is low.
>
> -v Specifies verbose mode. The defragmentation and analysis
> output
> is more detailed.
>
> -? Displays this help information.
>
> Examples:
>
> defrag d:
> defrag d:\vol\mountpoint -w -f
> defrag d: -a -v
> defrag -c -v
>
>
>
>
> "StephenIn ABQ" <StephenIn (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FF920F5C-A010-4954-AEFD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have two physical hard disks. How do I tell Vista to only defragment
>>only
>> one hard disk at a time?
>

Never mind. I figured it out.

"DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> David: I've been looking for an answer to the OP's question since I first
> started running RC1. Now I'm using OEM version of Vista Ultimate 64.
> However, if I click on "run as administrator," where am I supposed to type
> in the command? No command-line interface opens up when I click on "run as
> administrator."
> Am I supposed to click on that AND open a command prompt at the same time?
>

Right click on the command prompt and 'then' choose run as administrator

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"DP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> David: I've been looking for an answer to the OP's question since I first
> started running RC1. Now I'm using OEM version of Vista Ultimate 64.
> However, if I click on "run as administrator," where am I supposed to type
> in the command? No command-line interface opens up when I click on "run as
> administrator."
> Am I supposed to click on that AND open a command prompt at the same time?
>
>
>
> "David A. Lessnau" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:72E992FE-F9DB-4357-9A5F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If you're just using the GUI, you can't. But, if you run a Command
>> Prompt in Administrator mode (right-click on it and select "Run as
>> administrator"), you can type "defrag x" (where x is the drive you want
>> to defragment). To get the full syntax, type "defrag /?". I'll include
>> it here, too:
>>
>> Syntax: defrag <volume> -a [-v]
>> defrag <volume> [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]
>> defrag -c [{-r | -w}] [-f] [-v]
>>
>> Parameters:
>>
>> Value Description
>>
>> <volume> Specifies the drive letter or mount point path of the
>> volume to
>> be defragmented or analyzed.
>>
>> -c Defragments all volumes on this computer.
>>
>> -a Performs fragmentation analysis only.
>>
>> -r Performs partial defragmentation (default). Attempts to
>> consolidate only fragments smaller than 64 megabytes (MB).
>>
>> -w Performs full defragmentation. Attempts to consolidate all
>> file
>> fragments, regardless of their size.
>>
>> -f Forces defragmentation of the volume when free space is
>> low.
>>
>> -v Specifies verbose mode. The defragmentation and analysis
>> output
>> is more detailed.
>>
>> -? Displays this help information.
>>
>> Examples:
>>
>> defrag d:
>> defrag d:\vol\mountpoint -w -f
>> defrag d: -a -v
>> defrag -c -v
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "StephenIn ABQ" <StephenIn (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message news:FF920F5C-A010-4954-AEFD-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have two physical hard disks. How do I tell Vista to only defragment
>>>only
>>> one hard disk at a time?
>>
>