Defrag.exe and dfrgntfs.exe in the Task Manager

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Thomas Howard

Why do these two items goto work on my hard drive 20 minutes after the
computer is idle? There is no scheduled task for this operation in
the control panel (scheduled tasks), and........... if I use the
analyze the c drive with the defrag tool, it says that this volume
does not need to be defragged. So why is XP so damm persistent at
defragging my drive when I'm not looking, and How do I shut this
annoying little quirk off.

Thom.

TIA
 
Open cmd prompt,at the curser type:Defrag /d
then:dfrgntfs /d
You might need to add C: after the cmd,as Defrag C: /d
The /d disables auto-run
 
Open cmd prompt,at the curser type:Defrag /d
then:dfrgntfs /d
You might need to add C: after the cmd,as Defrag C: /d
The /d disables auto-run
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This didn't work. The error message was

C:\>Defrag C: /d
The following command line parameter is not recognized: /d

C:\>Defrag /d
The following command line parameter is not recognized: /d

Any other suggestions ?

TIA
Thom


 
Whats so annoying about it?

Basicaly its windows optimizing itself, its not defraging files, its moving
all the startup files into one location on your harddrive to reduce the
amount of time it takes your PC to boot. Only does this, as you said, when
the computer has been idle for 5 to 30 mins, runs in the backround without
interupting your work. You could stop this by turning off the windows
prefetch using the registry editor, but best just to leave it alone and
ignore it.


for a more indepth read have a look of the "Fast System Startup for PCs
Running Windows XP white paper"
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/fastboot-winxp.mspx
 
Whats so annoying about it?
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What's annoying about it, is that .... I am man and it's the machine,
and it will do as I say. This is not the Matrix. LOL. But
honestly, the drive it's messing with is a older 5400 and I would
prefer to have command over hard working periods like defrag, and
oversee the actual time spent on such a process. In newer machines
I'm sure it's fine, but not in this case.

Thanks for the info. I have disabled prefetch with a zero and am a
happy camper now.

Thanks once again grahamilton.
Thom
 
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