Check out this command line tool to do it... http://www.morphasys.com/autodefrag/ You can fire this in a script. JK Jan Broucinek <> wrote: On W2K3, I just put this in the scheduler for about 3am daily: "K:\WINDOWS\system32\defrag.exe C:" It takes care of it quite well, and I don't have to worry about it or try to figure out if it is doing any good. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Shrewsbury" To: Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:34 PM Subject: [THIN] Re: defrag question We don't defrag at all but I have often wondered how much of a difference it really makes. Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+ Senior Network Administrator -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nicolas Ouellet Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:53 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] defrag question Hi all, I would like to have your opinion on this one! What do you think of the defrag tool in windows 2k-2k3 Do you think it still worth defragmenting HD nowadays althought Controlers and HD are very fast and have cache? Are you guys defrag systematically all your server harddrive? Nicolas O.