Defragment multiple disks / partitions

[XDRoX]

In Windows 2000/XP it is not possible for the defragmentation to select multiple partitions. It is called to handle a batch file through DOS.
Create a text document in the windows directory. Call it dfrgall.bat (TXT to go).
Fill following rules:
Code

@ echo off cls echo Defragmenter Loading ... defrag [your drive]: defrag [your drive]: echo Defragmenter completed

Fill in your drive letter of the disk drive you want to defragment.

To run the script to start up in Run: dfrgall and press OK.

[Itronix]

The method to use is by creating a batch file to defragment all of the drives, one after the other.

The disk defrag utility in Windows XP can be triggered from the command line with the following syntax:

Windows Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.
Usage:
defrag <volume> [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?]
volume drive letter or mount point (d: or d:volmountpoint)
-a Analyze only
-f Force defragmentation even if free space is low
-v Verbose output
-? Display this help text

First, we'll create a file named defragall.bat, and place it anywhere you like, as long as you'll remember where it is. If you want to run it from the command line, you could place it in the \windows directory so that it will be available in the system path.

For each hard drive, add a line to the batch file. For instance, if we want to defragment drives C: , D: , and F: we will add these three lines:

defrag c: -f
defrag d: -f
defrag f: -f

To run the defrag, just either double-click on the batch file or start it from the command line.