the server piece is on c:\\. on d:\\ only some tools for administration. on e:\\ all apps and services for users

Anonymous User 7/27/2005 2:55:04 AM

You said you paste your code under the service piece. what is the service piece?

Anonymous User 6/16/2005 5:30:15 PM

the script runs great. only i have 2 servers whith a unmounted partition. the script run first the unmounted drive (fat). then the first drive (ntfs) marked as c: then the last drive (ntfs) marked as e:. so i mis the d: drive also NTFS. Please the code to check this drive is not NFTS and quick select the first NTFS.
The fat-drive is as first drive on the list.

Anonymous User 6/14/2005 7:35:21 AM

Great script. Thanks a lot

Anonymous User 4/20/2005 3:42:29 PM

Something that is seems to continually be overlooked is that using task schedular you can only run interactive i.e. you must be logged on. This wont work for any true IT enviorment. My fix is this:
I used a program called DIRMS (http://www.dirms.com/) and a light weight programming language called Winbatch. You can use VB or C+ as well. I pasted the code below for the service piece.

********************
time_current=TimeYmdHms ( )
cur_tm4=ItemExtract(4, time_current, ":")
if cur_tm4 != 00
add= 24 - cur_tm4
time_wait=TimeAdd(time_current,"0000:00:00:%add%:00:00")
TimeWait(time_wait)
RunHideWait("c:\\Program Files\\Dirms\\dirms.exe","c -q")
else
RunHideWait("c:\\Program Files\\Dirms\\dirms.exe","c -q")
endif
**************************

once you have something similar in the langauge of your choice compile it to an ".exe" file.

Then use something like "srvany" (instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;137890)
to install the exe as a service then the defrag can happen at any time you choose and in the background whether your logged on or not.


Anonymous User 3/4/2005 6:18:30 PM

Surprising..... hasnt any of u ever heard of contig.exe from www.sysinternals.com ! Can be scheduled, scripted, whatever....

Anonymous User 1/12/2005 4:23:39 PM

Very useful!!

Was looking for an answer to whether Defrag can be scheduled. A: NO

But provided me with a solution instantly as well!
Thanks a lot, exactly what I was looking for!!

Cheers, Jammyme
:D :D :D :D :D :D

Anonymous User 1/6/2005 6:42:22 AM

Almost forgot... use sysinternals pskill.exe to kill the processes. Create a bat file and dump it in the system32 directory along with pskill.exe. The bat file should look something like:

pskill.exe autodefrag.exe
pskill.exe mmc.exe
pskill.exe dfrgntfs.exe

Anonymous User 12/15/2004 2:53:01 PM

Make it easy. For those that are in corps that do NOT like .vbs run in the servers, create a schedule for AutoDefrag.exe to run a specified time, then create a second schedule to kill autodefrag.exe, mmc.exe and dfrgntfs.exe. This allows you to schedule a start and stop time without any hitches. Cheers...

Anonymous User 12/15/2004 2:49:28 PM

I also need this to run when the screen is autolocked. Any ideas?

I found this article which possibly gives some insight into detecting if the pc is locked by checking if the screensaver is running...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/nov04/hey1115.mspx

Anonymous User 11/22/2004 3:57:35 PM