Disk defrag for 2000

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Daniel Kaplan

Two part question:

Curious, can the Disk Defrager that comes with 2000 run inthe Normal
startupmode? I remember with 98 that wasn't such a good thing. Especially
if the screensaver kicked. So was hoping this was a newer and better
version.

If the above is true, is it possible to set it run on a schedule?
Automatically?

Thanks ahead,

p.s. if you see this in XP newsgroup, not a double posting, I have the
same question for XP
 
Daniel Kaplan said:
Two part question:

Curious, can the Disk Defrager that comes with 2000 run inthe Normal
startupmode? I remember with 98 that wasn't such a good thing. Especially
if the screensaver kicked. So was hoping this was a newer and better
version.

If the above is true, is it possible to set it run on a schedule?
Automatically?

Thanks ahead,

p.s. if you see this in XP newsgroup, not a double posting, I have the
same question for XP
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thanks, but technically this isn't multiposting, since the solution for 2000
is totally different than XP...i found this "dfrgntfs.vbs" which works for
2000, but it doesn't seem to cancel the task itself, so i have to find the
solution somehow
 
Hello Daniel,

Thank you for using newsgroup!

As far as I know, the Disk Defragmenter has the following limitations in
Windows 2000:
1. It can defragment only local volumes.
2. It can defragment only one volume at a time.
3. It cannot defragment one volume while scanning another.
5. It can run only one Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in at a
time.
6. It cannot defragment NTFS volumes with cluster sizes larger then 4
kilobytes (KB) in Windows 2000.
7. Fine-grained movement of uncompressed NTFS file data is not possible in
Windows 2000. Moving a single file cluster also moves the 4-KB part of the
file that contains the cluster.
8. In Windows 2000, it does not defragment NTFS metadata files, such as the
Master File Table (MFT), or the metadata that describes a directory's
contents. It cannot defragment encrypted files in Windows 2000.

For more information, please refer to:
227463: Disk Defragmenter Limitations in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;227463

Based on the limitations above, I think you may have to use third party
program to achieve your goal. I have noticed Pegasus have provided a third
party tool AutoDeFrag. It works around this limitation and allows the
Windows 2000 Task Scheduler to be used to schedule the defragmenter. I
suspect that should be helpful. You may use this tool to schedule a task in
Windows 2000.

Regarding the dfrgntfs.vbs, I do not find any information about this script
in our internal knowledge base. I am not sure if it could be helpful.

Reference:
=================
Scheduling Tasks in Windows 2000
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/opera
te/04w2kadc.mspx>

313565: How To Use the AT Command to Schedule Tasks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313565

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| thanks, but technically this isn't multiposting, since the solution for
2000
| is totally different than XP...i found this "dfrgntfs.vbs" which works
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| 2000, but it doesn't seem to cancel the task itself, so i have to find
the
| solution somehow
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