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Mr Z
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Hi all.

Just want to know how to defrag from the command prompt. I know it is possible with the "defrag" command, but I do not know how. Can anyone help me?

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defrag /? (my way of saying RTFM in console-speak)


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Mr Z
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Posted: 16th Dec 2007 12:31 Edited at: 16th Dec 2007 12:42
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The thing is that when I use that an new terminal window is opend and closes within much less then an second...

EDIT:

Ok, I solved that problem myself. However, "defrag /C -a" does not work at all. It just states that "/C" is an unknown paramiter. I got the same problem if I try:



What am I doing wrong?

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David R
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It's just defrag C: -a and then defrag C:

Some people really ought to know more about the good 'ol command line


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Mr Z
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Thanks . Defraging the HD now.

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Quote: "Some people really ought to know more about the good 'ol command line"

Yes.


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Posted: 16th Dec 2007 19:37
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Quote: "The thing is that when I use that an new terminal window is opend and closes within much less then an second..."


Run 'cmd' instead, THEN run 'defrag'.

If you're 'clever' then you could create a batch file (a text file with .bat on the end instead of .txt) and put defrag lines in for each partition and then another line at the end to shut it down (either 'shutdown -s' or 'shutdown -s -t0' - I cant remember...)

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Posted: 16th Dec 2007 19:42
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Shutdown -s -t "01"


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Mr Z
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Quote: "Run 'cmd' instead, THEN run 'defrag'."


Sorry, I´m just so used to ubuntu by now I call it terminal by defult . Anyway, I will look into that batch file thing. Could be useful.

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There's a switch you can use when calling the command from the Run field that will keep the prompt open after the command finishes, I just can't remember what it was.


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ooo - this should help. (me)
you see, ive been having uber-xtrm issues with my pc lately. One day, while virus-scanning, a little message box is the bottom corner of the screen popped up. It said : (something).exe - corrupt file. The file or directory C:/$mft is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility.
So i ran the Checkdisk utility. It says: The computer will check the disk when you reboot. So i rebooted. Now it says:
Checking disc C.
The file type is Nfts(or something like that).
The volume cannot be opened for direct access.
Windows has finished checking the disk.
Crap. I figured defraging would help. So I open up the disk defragmenter. It says: Disk checking is scheduled for disk C: Please check the disk. So it wont let me defrag. GRR. And i cant un-shedule the checkdisk, and then it doesn't work. So i'm stuck in this endless angry cycle, maybe this command prompt line will help. (the virus scanner works too, weird)

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Aoutch, I really hope your problems get better. Goodluck.

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Ha, I remembered!

RUN -> cmd /k defrag c:

the /k will keep the command prompt open when running cmds that way.


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Mr Z
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Thanks . That will help me. Because I made some batch files that defrag that two hds I have (or analyse if they need to be defraged), and the command prompts close when they are done. So thanks .

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