Feeling all fragmented???
I was poking around on the command line, and I tried this command out...
*****************************
C:\>defrag
Windows Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.
Usage:
defrag <volume> [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?]
volume drive letter or mount point (d: or d:\vol\mountpoint)
-a Analyze only
-f Force defragmentation even if free space is low
-v Verbose output
-? Display this help text
C:\>defrag c: -a
Windows Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.
Analysis Report
18.62 GB Total, 5.11 GB (27%) Free, 17% Fragmented (34% file fragmentation
)
You should defragment this volume.
*****************************
So look at that!!! I vaguely remember this becoming available for windows 2003 server and Windows XP, but honestly in whatever it's been 4 years, I had not tried it out...
This is very kool, after some research, I set it up as part of a 'Maintenance' plan for a client, and it's been great. I run it in with some other commands in a batch file, and it werks like a champ. I have since added to a managment process server, and it looks good so far. My biggest concern is managing when to run it during maint. time...between AV scans and backups for most of my clients the window for 'other' tasks like defragging wanders into production sometimes. After discussing it with a client, I was able to extend the maint. window on Sunday to accomodate additional taskss...we'll see how this works out...
-Later!