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.

 

[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


"Charlie Grimes" <[email protected]> wrote in

message news:[email protected]...

 

[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.

 

[_ _ J]

Use "defrag" instead. See...

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

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| 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

| >> 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)