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How to get defrag to run on a set schedule
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Control Panel, Scheduled Tasks.
(By the way, once a week is a bit exreme).
(By the way, once a week is a bit exreme).
Run Doug Knox's defrag script as a scheduled task.
Perhaps "often" means "less"?
The more often maintenance is performed the less time each episode takes.
It is just a matter of choice.
I wonder if the argument could be made that a once a month Defrag and Disk Cleanup takes 4 times longer to run than a once a week Defrag and Disk Cleanup?
The more often maintenance is performed the less time each episode takes.
It is just a matter of choice.
I wonder if the argument could be made that a once a month Defrag and Disk Cleanup takes 4 times longer to run than a once a week Defrag and Disk Cleanup?
There is no way to guess. It should be clear that the OS files and installed application files need only be defragged once, or after a Service pack perahps or an application upgrade.
So you end up looking at file reservations such as pagefile.sys, or hiberfil.sys; and user data files.
Under XP, and particularly if using NTFS where a tight defragmentation is not used anyway, defrag loses its luster as a performance tool. I am not saying not to do it, just that once a week as asked originally seems a bit extreme. See this recent article, which while not as a testing results seems convincing it strikes me as fairly close to the reality of defrag as doing little under XP and NTFS to improve system performance:
So you end up looking at file reservations such as pagefile.sys, or hiberfil.sys; and user data files.
Under XP, and particularly if using NTFS where a tight defragmentation is not used anyway, defrag loses its luster as a performance tool. I am not saying not to do it, just that once a week as asked originally seems a bit extreme. See this recent article, which while not as a testing results seems convincing it strikes me as fairly close to the reality of defrag as doing little under XP and NTFS to improve system performance:
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lamar225,
Thank you for the report. I too would want something to keep me from creating coasters out of expensive DVD media. I hope you take the time to email the tech support of the DVD burning program, as this really is not an acceptable state of afairs.
Thank you for the report. I too would want something to keep me from creating coasters out of expensive DVD media. I hope you take the time to email the tech support of the DVD burning program, as this really is not an acceptable state of afairs.
Like Linney said the more often you do it the less time it takes. And why not run it on a schedule when the servers are not in prime time use. You'd be amazed at the difference in speed of responses from applications and the OS when doing daily defragmentation on servers as well as workstations.
I came across this article on defragmentation. It cleared up a lot for me.
“Is Daily Defragmentation Needed in Today’s Environment?"
“Is Daily Defragmentation Needed in Today’s Environment?"
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