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Old 01-05-2006, 02:45 AM
DrJoel
 
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How do I schedule a defrag of my C drive? When I choose the defrag icon
all the schedule did was open the program, but didn't defrag the drive.
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:45 AM
Nepatsfan
 
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In eAPPkgODGHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl DrJoel wrote:
> How do I schedule a defrag of my C drive? When I choose the
> defrag icon all the schedule did was open the program, but
> didn't defrag the drive.


You need to run the command line version of defrag. Take a look
at these articles:

How to Automate Disk Defragmenter Using Task Scheduler Tool in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;555098

Schedule a Task to Defragment Drives
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/gehrke1.mspx

Defrag All Hard Drives - Can be run as a scheduled task
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scri...defrag_all.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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Old 01-05-2006, 02:45 AM
DrJoel
 
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Nepatsfan wrote:
> In eAPPkgODGHA.2300@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl DrJoel wrote:
>> How do I schedule a defrag of my C drive? When I choose the
>> defrag icon all the schedule did was open the program, but
>> didn't defrag the drive.

>
> You need to run the command line version of defrag. Take a look
> at these articles:
>
> How to Automate Disk Defragmenter Using Task Scheduler Tool in
> Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;555098
>
> Schedule a Task to Defragment Drives
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...s/gehrke1.mspx
>
> Defrag All Hard Drives - Can be run as a scheduled task
> http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scri...defrag_all.htm
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

Thanks, I forgot to put the C: for the drive.
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