A. The Windows 7 command line interface for the disk defragmenter has some new options that can help you track the progress and make the defrag run at a higher priority than normal so it finishes faster.
The /U switch displays an ongoing progress of the defragmentation progress, /C performs a defragmentation on all volumes on the system, and /E defrags all volumes except those specified. The /H switch runs the defragmentation at normal priority instead of low priority. The /M switch runs the defrag on the volumes in parallel and /T tracks an operation already in operation.
An example execution is shown below using the higher priority and ongoing progress display.
C:\Users\john>defrag d: /h /u Microsoft Disk Defragmenter Copyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corp. Invoking defragmentation on Data (D:)... Analysis: 100% complete. Pre-Defragmentation Report: Volume Information: Volume size = 1.36 TB Free space = 587.31 GB Total fragmented space = 0% Largest free space size = 577.75 GB Note: File fragments larger than 64MB are not included in the fragmentation statistics. Performing pass 1: Defragmentation: 16% complete...Related Reading:
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