Thread: Description of the New Command Line Defrag.exe Included with Windows XP

SUMMARY:


This article describes the command line Defrag.exe that is included in Windows XP. The command line Defrag.exe is specially designed for scripting and for use by system administrators. Defragment a volume using Windows as follows:

• Right click on My Computer and then click Open

• Right-click on the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Properties.

• Click the Tools tab, and then click Defragment Now.

• Click Defragment.

• Click View Report to view the Defragmentation Report, which displays detailed information about the volume that you defragmented.

The command lines Defrag.exe set and consolidated fragmented boot files, data files and folders on local volumes.

When you save files, the file is not compulsory saved as a full file or folder in a contiguous space. The files are saved in the first available space on a volume. After a large proportion of the volume is used to store files and folders, most of the new files are stored in part on the volume. When you delete files or folders, the empty spaces left to fill in any new as you store.

You can find the Defrag efficacy, Defrag.exe, in the% System Root% \ System32 folder. You can defragment disk volumes formatted as FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. Defrag also works with dynamic, like Basic Disks.

Usage

defrag volume [-a] [-f][-v] [-?]
Parameters
volume
The drive letter or a mount point of the volume to be defragmented

-a
Analyze only

-f
Forces defragmentation of the volume, whether it should be defragmented or even if there is little free space
-v
Verbose output

-?
Display the help text