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| 775161 | 2009-05-19 22:17:00 | Hi, I looking for a way to set defrag to run automatically when a pc is idle on several clients pc's. Im sure its not difficult but I cant for the life of me get a workable solution. Any help would be much appreciated. Cheers, pete |
12steps (14778) | ||
| 775162 | 2009-05-19 22:31:00 | What OS(es)? Do you want to just use the Windows Defrag or are you happy using a 3rd party (read: better) defrag tool? I would just write a batch file & use windows task scheduler. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 775163 | 2009-05-19 22:41:00 | Essentially Defraggler is faster and comes with easy scheduling options, so you might want to try that: docs.piriform.com Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 775164 | 2009-05-19 23:00:00 | If you are using Vista as your OS then it has scheduling as part of the defrag utility | Nictech (14748) | ||
| 775165 | 2009-05-19 23:02:00 | I dont mind a third party app. I would prefer something that runs in the background. OS's are mainly XP with a couple of 2000 PCs still kicking around in the warehouse. |
12steps (14778) | ||
| 775166 | 2009-05-20 02:13:00 | Just remember if you Defrag all the time you really shorten the life of the hdd when the head gets all worn out. Depending of applications and broken- un-CCleaner'd files in there you may only want to do this sporadically. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 775167 | 2009-05-20 18:44:00 | I dont mind a third party app. I would prefer something that runs in the background. OS's are mainly XP with a couple of 2000 PCs still kicking around in the warehouse. Try Diskeeper09, works very well in the background. |
otter (8288) | ||
| 775168 | 2009-05-20 22:38:00 | I use the screensaver version of JKDefrag - it run as a normal screensaver until complete, and them plays any other screensaver of your choice. | nofam (9009) | ||
| 775169 | 2009-05-21 05:53:00 | I looking for a way to set defrag to run automatically when a pc is idle on several clients pc's. Im sure its not difficult but I cant for the life of me get a workable solution. I'm not sure that running defrag while a PC is idle is a good idea as there may be programs and files running or open at that time. Programs and files should not be running or open when defragging. You wouldn't change the oil in your car when the engine was running, would you? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 775170 | 2009-05-21 06:25:00 | O&O defrag will defrag in the background. Only thing is, its not free. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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