What Is the Command Prompt for Defrag in Windows Xp?
Contents Press [F8] Again to Display the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Select the Safe Mode with Command Prompt Option. Select the Windows Xp Operating System...
Press [F8] again to display the Windows Advanced Options menu. Select the Safe Mode With Command Prompt option. Select the Windows XP operating system and log in. When the Command Prompt window appears, type Defrag to see a list of options for running the command line version of Disk Defragmenter.
How do I defrag Windows XP?
Defragment in Windows XP. Open the Disk Defragmenter utility. You can find this by clicking the Start menu, selecting All Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools. Select Disk Defragmenter from the list.
How do I run a defrag from command prompt?
To use the defrag tool, just enter defrag followed by the parameters you want to use. As usual, you can view the command’s help file by entering defrag /?. Then to use defrag, just enter the following, like you would with many command apps. So, to simply defrag your drive, just enter defrag [drive name].
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