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03-26-2004, 03:26 PM
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Barefoot on the Moon!
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Defragging in XP
How can I set all disks to be defragged in XP pro's defraggmenter? It only looks like I can select one at a time. I just want to set it to defrag all my partitions and then just leave the PC alone.
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03-26-2004, 03:50 PM
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force_flow2002,
If I'm not mistaken, that is simply one of the limitations of the program itself...not being able to defragment more than one volume at a time. It is based on DiskKeeper by Executive Software International, Inc. http://www.executive.com/coverpage.asp -LW |
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03-26-2004, 08:25 PM
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The XP Pro defragger can only work on one disk at a time. I tested Diskkeeper and it can defrag more than one drive at a time. Plus you can also schedule it. However, the price doesn't justify the extra features IMHO since the XP defrags the drive as good as Diskkeeper.
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03-27-2004, 03:57 PM
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Thanks guys, I found a workaround. Since I have a multiboot, I'm going to use 98SE's defragger, which has the option of defragging all disks.
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03-27-2004, 08:15 PM
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Just to be safe, are all your drives in FAT? and not NTFS? -- but ya, that sure is a pain not being able to just click on defrag and have it take care of all the drives...
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03-27-2004, 11:36 PM
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You could defrag multiple volumes using batch file.
here's a decent "how to" for XPl: http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_...-multiple.html |
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03-28-2004, 12:17 AM
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Good link stylin, thanks.
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03-28-2004, 12:29 AM
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you are welcome.
The web page indicates there is no command line version for defrag in win98 etc.... but that's not true. good luck |
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03-28-2004, 05:10 AM
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Nice link, stylin19 ! Thanks
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03-28-2004, 05:42 AM
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Excellent stylin19. It sure will save me lots of time when I get XP Pro installed.
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03-28-2004, 10:48 AM
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Nice link, stylin19! Thanks
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