Scheduled defrag

[Mike]

The scheduled defrag task has the action "defrag -c -i -g"

Does anybody know what the undocumented -i and -g switches do?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog : A quick note about
Defrag.exe parameters in Windows Vista:
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/10/19/a-quick-note-about-defrag-exe-parameters.aspx

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

I'll put $5 on -i being "only when system is idle".

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Aww, man! 8 minutes to late.

 

[Mike]

The scheduled task that runs defrag has the 'stop if the computer ceases to
be idle' condition checked. Why would defrag need it as well?

any ideas on the -g switch?

The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog : A quick note about
Defrag.exe parameters in Windows Vista:
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/10/19/a-quick-note-about-defrag-exe-parameters.aspx

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

The scheduled defrag task has the action "defrag -c -i -g"

Does anybody know what the undocumented -i and -g switches do?

 

[Mike]

where's your money for the -g switch?

Aww, man! 8 minutes to late.

 

[Hobbes]

where's your money for the -g switch?

Running defrag c: -g from the command line generates 2 reports.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

If I had even a guess about the -g switch, I'd lay it down. I have no idea
what the -g switch does.

Where did you learn about betting, because you sound absolutely clueless,
<g>.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Redundancy?

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

The scheduled task that runs defrag has the 'stop if the computer ceases
to be idle' condition checked. Why would defrag need it as well?

any ideas on the -g switch?

The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog : A quick note about
Defrag.exe parameters in Windows Vista:
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/10/19/a-quick-note-about-defrag-exe-parameters.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

The scheduled defrag task has the action "defrag -c -i -g"

Does anybody know what the undocumented -i and -g switches do?

 

[Marc]

where's your money for the -g switch?

It sends a report of all your files (and their fragmentation status!) to
the Government. Doh!

Marc