I'm looking to create a batch file under Vista but haven't had much experience with creating these under XP or Vista. I want to be able to run a Verbose Defrag from the command prompt each time I start Vista, which should give a detailed response on how a partition/hard drive is looking. The command I usually go with from the prompt is defrag.exe c: -v How would I set this to run and display the output from a batch file? Also, could anyone point me in the right direction on learning the basics of writing batch files? Any help is greatly appreciated! Many thanks, Stuart

here is a batch file that will work. Simple, does not put the .txt file anywhere, but here you go. Defrag C: /v >> defragreport.txt And the basics would be anything that has to do with Windows Shell Scripting. Also you can Google Windows Batch file, or something to that extent.

Great - thanks sype! Just what I was looking for. Stuart