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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008Disk Cleanup & Defrag. Scheduling
Disk Cleanup and Defrag. Scheduling (Vista) When I schedule Disk Cleanup, a default schedule says cleanup will be activated when I am logged on. There is another option that says cleanup can be activated when I am logged on or off, but it is grayed out, and I am having difficulty gaining access to that option. 1. So, am I to assume that Disk Cleanup will only activate when I am logged on at the time specified? However, when I schedule Defrag., there are no options. 2. So, am I to assume Defrag. will activate if I am logged on or off at a specified time? Also, the Defrag, window tells you the last time Defrag. was runned. 3. Is there a log or another window I can check to see if Defrag. was completed? Thanks, Jerry Jerry;720567 Wrote: > Disk Cleanup and Defrag. Scheduling (Vista) > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Thanks, > Jerry Hello Jerry, What version of Vista do you have? Mine is Home Premium 32-bit, and there is no such option as scheduled disk cleanup. I ran it manually when I needed to. As to the scheduled defragmentation please follow this Start menu > click Computer > highlight one of the disks(left click), then right click, then choose Properties > top panel choose Tools > click Defrag now > after the prompt, you'll see this (please click the screenshot link) : 'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting' (http://imagegrotto.com/view-defrag12462.JPG) If you are looking at the screenshot, there is an option to modify the schedule, when last defrag ran, and when is the next schedule run. Lastly, vista defrag runs in the background, and to most people's dismay, it won't tell you a darn thing except what you can see from the screenshot. A log? Forget about it. Sorry.  Signaturet-4-2 t-4-2 Thanks for your return. It was nice of you to explain how to schedule and run the events. However, I knew how to do that. My questions were more specific as to whether these scheduled events will run if I am logged in or out. I use Home Premium 32 bit. You can find scheduling of Disk Cleanup at: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/4bda81e9-afef-46a1-a704-1a9d 70bdd1981033.mspx Jerry > Jerry;720567 Wrote: > > Disk Cleanup and Defrag. Scheduling (Vista) [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > dismay, it won't tell you a darn thing except what you can see from the > screenshot. A log? Forget about it. Sorry. Jerry;720697 Wrote: > t-4-2 > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jerry Hello Jerry, Thank you for the link. I'll go over it at a better time. When it comes to the defrag, my answer is : you have to log in before defrag will run. I never turn my laptop on at 1 A.M. just for disk defrag. As you can see from my screenshot, last run was on 5/21/08 6:31 am. I get up at 6 each day, coffee, turn computer on and check on news etc. That was why defrag ran at 6:31 am, not 1 am. Now, I have learned that Windows Defender can be temporarily "waken" to do scanning even when the computer is not ON, and this is done by changing setting via Task Scheduler. Maybe we can do the same thing for disk defrag. Until someone comes along and show us the way, I'll stick to my "no" answer. I know, that means zero to what you want to know. Signaturet-4-2 t-4-2;720739 Wrote: > Hello Jerry, > Thank you for the link. I'll go over it at a better time. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > someone comes along and show us the way, I'll stick to my "no" answer. I > know, that means zero to what you want to know. Hello Jerry, I have found a way to "wake" the computer and do a defrag even if the computer is not turned on at the time. Here is how :- Open the Task Scheduler > click Task Scheduler Libruary, then click the pointer in front of it > click the pointer in front of Microsoft > click the pointer in front of Windows > click Defrag > middle column, Double Click Scheduled D.. > click Conditions > click the box in front of "wake the computer to run this task" > Apply/OK. (Please click screenshot link. ) 'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting' (http://imagegrotto.com/view-task_defrag12498.JPG) Signaturet-4-2 Hello t-4-2 Thanks for your return. By fooling around with your link, I was able to solve my problem for Disk Cleanup. Your link for Screenshot is quite clever. I should probably learn that. Jerry > t-4-2;720739 Wrote: > > Hello Jerry, [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > 'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting' > (http://imagegrotto.com/view-task_defrag12498.JPG) T-4-2 Since we are talking about maintenance items, I would like to pass along one of my experiences. I tried to activate Check Disk (Chkdsk) on two occasions and after it completed the process I had two problems. In one case, my mouse froze on me and in the second case I lost contact with the Internet. I was wondering if you have tried Check Disk and was it trouble free? Jerry > Hello t-4-2 > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > 'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting' > > (http://imagegrotto.com/view-task_defrag12498.JPG) Jerry;721203 Wrote: > T-4-2 > Since we are talking about maintenance items, I would like to pass [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jerry Hello Jerry, I didn't notice this post until now. Wonder why. I'm supposed to receive notification each time I have reply. This one didn't show up. Anyway, Yes I had done a few chkdsk and never had a problem, although there were a few problems it couldn't fix. Speaking of which, did you run chkdsk read-only, or did you run ** chkdsk /f, or even chkdsk /f /r ** ? Signaturet-4-2 Jerry;721151 Wrote: > Hello t-4-2 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jerry Nice to know you have your answers. I can't take credit. Learned the basic method over the issue of Windows Defender. Just curious, it is really necessary to schedule disk cleanup ? Signaturet-4-2 t-s-r First, your Chkdsk query. The story goes like this. On my first Chkdsk try I used the menu supplied by Windows. It does not have the switch options you noted. In that menu, you have two choices. The first choice is to fix system errors. The second choice is to do the first choice plus scan and recover bad sectors. The first time I chose only the first choice and my mouse froze. I contacted Dell to fix my mouse problem. After the mouse problem was fixed, they asked me to try Chkdsk “outside of Windows.” To do that, they had me power down and up using the F8 key and pointed me toward a Repair menu that had a command prompt option. In the option I typed Chkdsk C:, again without any switch notations. The Chkdsk worked fine and I had no problems afterwards. So, I tried to do it again, this time using Windows (as I did before). Except this time I chose both choices. I will say choosing both choices, Chkdsk took a lot longer to complete. When it was finished, is was then when I lost my Internet connection. Now to put this in some perspective, I will say that on previous occasions I have lost the Internet under other circumstances. So, maybe the Chkdsk was just a coincidence. I have contacted Dell about my Internet problem, and one tech told me they have had many calls on this issue. So, I think I need to try Chkdsk again and see if problems continue. Now, your query about the necessity to schedule disk cleanup. I try to practice a decent job in doing what I can to keep my PC running smoothly. And, since there seems to be a number to keep track of (6 for me), I could forget one or two. Plus, if I can do it automatically, it saves me one more issue I have to do. Jerry > Jerry;721151 Wrote: > > Hello t-4-2 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > basic method over the issue of Windows Defender. > Just curious, it is really necessary to schedule disk cleanup ? T-s-r- The following is the link that tells you what I did. I did the first option listed. http://www.maximumpcguides.com/how-to-use-check-disk-in-windows-vista/ Jerry > t-s-r > First, your Chkdsk query. The story goes like this. On my first Chkdsk try [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > basic method over the issue of Windows Defender. > > Just curious, it is really necessary to schedule disk cleanup ? Jerry;721452 Wrote: > t-s-r > First, your Chkdsk query. The story goes like this. On my first Chkdsk [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Jerry Hello Jerry, The "power off, power on, tapping F8 key" is one of the methods to put your machine in Safe Mode with several options, one of which is safe mode with command prompt. But you don't have to go to safe mode in order to have the command prompt. Your link shows the 2nd option for exactly that. chkdsk C: command is read-only. Meaning it will check but will not fix. The letter C is for your C drive. Your can replace it with another letter, ie. D: for your D drive. If you want chkdsk on entire computer, leave out the letter. Your link explains fully regarding /f, /r and so on. I'm no geek. I can't even begin to envision why your computer froze after chkdsk. I kind of suspecting you have more than one computer in mind regarding disk cleanup. It makes sense. Signaturet-4-2 t-4-2 Thanks for the clarification on using only chkdsk C: I suspected that it was a read only option. I think Dell did that as a first choice to confirm I had no bad files. Had he found bad files, I would have thought he would have done more. Jerry > Jerry;721452 Wrote: > > t-s-r [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > I kind of suspecting you have more than one computer in mind regarding > disk cleanup. It makes sense. Jerry;721569 Wrote: > t-4-2 > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jerry Hello Jerry, Our computers are not AI yet ( artificial intelligence ). It does what you enter. If it's chkdsk that you entered , it won't do chkdsk /f. If, and that's a big IF, you have time, you might want to do a chkdsk /f . Follow your link's option 2. You can obtain a chkdsk log afterwards. [image: file:///C:/Users/t-4-2/Pictures/windows%20logs.JPG] Signaturet-4-2 t-4-2;721651 Wrote: > Hello Jerry, > Our computers are not AI yet ( artificial intelligence ). It does what > you enter. If it's chkdsk that you entered , it won't do chkdsk /f. If, > and that's a big IF, you have time, you might want to do a chkdsk /f . > Follow your link's option 2. You can obtain a chkdsk log afterwards. > I'll show you how the log is like when I have my screenshots ready. screenshot of chkdsk D: /f Of course, on a real one you can scroll up and down to view the whole log. 'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting' (http://imagegrotto.com/view-chkdsk_log12645.JPG) Signaturet-4-2 Hello t-4-2 Thanks again. Yes, I am going to try method 2 when I next do chkdsk. However, it would seem prudent to use both swithches, /f and /r. I meant to thank you for taking the time to pick up my post an address my query. Jerry > t-4-2;721651 Wrote: > > Hello Jerry, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 'ImageGrotto: Free Image and Screenshot Hosting' > (http://imagegrotto.com/view-chkdsk_log12645.JPG) Jerry;722054 Wrote: > Hello t-4-2 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jerry You are welcome. Signaturet-4-2 |
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