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