Defrag

Greetings:

Within my task scheduler, Windows Defrag is configured as such:

%windir%\system32\defrag.exe -c-i-g

I believe -c is to defrag my c:\ drive.

What are the switches -i and -g for?

Thanks in advance...j

defrag volume [/a] Analyzes the volume and displays a summary of the
analysis report.

defrag volume [/a] [/v]

defrag volume [/v] Displays the complete analysis and defragmentation
reports.

When used in combination with /a, displays only the analysis report. When
used alone, displays both the analysis and defragmentation reports.

defrag volume [/f] Forces defragmentation of the volume regardless of
whether it needs to be defragmented.

/? : Displays help at the command prompt.
-=-



"JCG" wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> Within my task scheduler, Windows Defrag is configured as such:
>
> %windir%\system32\defrag.exe -c-i-g
>
> I believe -c is to defrag my c:\ drive.
>
> What are the switches -i and -g for?
>
> Thanks in advance...j

Thanks for the info. However, what does -c and -g do. Maybe it is an error
in Vista setup?

"Ǝиçεl" wrote:

> defrag volume [/a] Analyzes the volume and displays a summary of the
> analysis report.
>
> defrag volume [/a] [/v]
>
> defrag volume [/v] Displays the complete analysis and defragmentation
> reports.
>
> When used in combination with /a, displays only the analysis report. When
> used alone, displays both the analysis and defragmentation reports.
>
> defrag volume [/f] Forces defragmentation of the volume regardless of
> whether it needs to be defragmented.
>
> /? : Displays help at the command prompt.
> -=-
>
>
>
> "JCG" wrote:
>
> > Greetings:
> >
> > Within my task scheduler, Windows Defrag is configured as such:
> >
> > %windir%\system32\defrag.exe -c-i-g
> >
> > I believe -c is to defrag my c:\ drive.
> >
> > What are the switches -i and -g for?
> >
> > Thanks in advance...j

Hi, JCG.

As Ǝиçεl said:
>> /? : Displays help at the command prompt.

At the Command Prompt, simply type:
defrag /?

That should produce what I call a mini-Help file that shows the switches and
parameters available with the defrag command - and the syntax for using
them. This shows that all the switches use the slash "/" character, rather
than hyphen "-". Many commands will actually accept a variety of such
characters; I don't know if defrag will accept "-" for "/". And they
usually are not fussy about "c" or "C" - but they are insistent on the colon
when referring to volume ("drive") letters.

Use defrag /c to "Perform the operation on all volumes". Specify defrag C:
to operate only on Drive C:.

This does not show -i or -g as available switches, and I don't know what
those do. They may be a part of Task Scheduler, rather than of Defrag.

RC
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Microsoft Windows MVP
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"JCG" <JCG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BECC9719-D1C2-4F16-9CB1-76F31379CF54@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the info. However, what does -c and -g do. Maybe it is an
> error
> in Vista setup?
>
> "Ǝиçεl" wrote:
>
>> defrag volume [/a] Analyzes the volume and displays a summary of the
>> analysis report.
>>
>> defrag volume [/a] [/v]
>>
>> defrag volume [/v] Displays the complete analysis and defragmentation
>> reports.
>>
>> When used in combination with /a, displays only the analysis report. When
>> used alone, displays both the analysis and defragmentation reports.
>>
>> defrag volume [/f] Forces defragmentation of the volume regardless of
>> whether it needs to be defragmented.
>>
>> /? : Displays help at the command prompt.
>> -=-
>>
>>
>>
>> "JCG" wrote:
>>
>> > Greetings:
>> >
>> > Within my task scheduler, Windows Defrag is configured as such:
>> >
>> > %windir%\system32\defrag.exe -c-i-g
>> >
>> > I believe -c is to defrag my c:\ drive.
>> >
>> > What are the switches -i and -g for?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance...j