Defragmenting your hard disk

[Guest]

I have several hard disks installed, and when I run the Disk Defragmenting
tool, I don't have an option to defragment 1 disk. I can modify the schedule,
or click Defragment now.

Is there a way to see each disk, and defragment 1 at a time?

Thanks.

 

[Sam Kroonenburg [MSFT]]

Hi Jay,

You can use defrag in the Windows command prompt to defragment specific
volumes:

defrag.exe C: /v
will defragment your C: and provide a detailed fragmentation report to you.

Thanks,
Sam Kroonenburg

 

[Rock]

I have several hard disks installed, and when I run the Disk Defragmenting
tool, I don't have an option to defragment 1 disk. I can modify the
schedule,
or click Defragment now.

Is there a way to see each disk, and defragment 1 at a time?

There is no GUI to see what's going on. You can defrag individual volumes
using the command line tool as the other respondent indicated. If you want
to see colored blocks shake and move then buy one of the 3rd party tools
such as Raxco's Perfect Disk or Diskeeper, but they are not needed.

Defrag in Vista was changed to remove the inaccurate GUI, and to schedule it
at off times when the computer is not normally being used. That way it does
its thing without impinging on the user.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for answering this for me.

When I enter the comand, it says this -

C:\Users\Jay>defrag.exe C: /v

This program needs to run with administrative permissions. Use an
administrator
command prompt and then run the program again.

How do I change this? I only have 1 account set up, and it is an admin
account.

Thanks.

 

[Rock]

Thank you for answering this for me.

When I enter the comand, it says this -

C:\Users\Jay>defrag.exe C: /v

This program needs to run with administrative permissions. Use an
administrator
command prompt and then run the program again.

How do I change this? I only have 1 account set up, and it is an admin
account.

Thanks.

Start it from an elevated command prompt. Start | cmd, right click on it,
Run as Administrator.