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Defrag script for all volumes

Michael McCamey
09.20.2006
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There has been much discussion about automating disk defragmentation now that the command line can be used. Most scripts just run these commands for a single volume. Many administrators have several volumes; typically for the OS and for data. Below is a script that finds all local volumes and runs the defrag for each volume.

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This script works for Server 2003 and XP.

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