WinSat command line closes too fast

Question

I'm trying to do some analysis under Windows 7 as to why I can't get a Windows Experience Index (WEI) rating due to disk issues. To this end, I'm trying to run winsat from the command line with :-

winsat disk -seq -read -drive c

and

winsat disk -ran -write -n 2

but the command window is closing too quickly to be able to read the results. I've tried opening a seperate cmd window to run it in but it still insists on launching its own window to run in, closing straight away.

Any idea how I can see the output?

Answer 1

You could redirect output to a file so you can read it.

example:

winsat disk -seq -read -drive c > C:\winsatoutput.txt 2>&1

EDIT: It seems winsat has a -log switch which does this:

winsat disk -seq -read -drive -log C:\winsatoutput.txt

this way, all output including errors will be in the file C:\winsatoutput.txt.

Answer 2

I had the same problem but it resolved when I ran "cmd" as administrator, then typed the winsat commands in the command prompt box.

Answer 3

there is a parameter -xml , which saves the output to a xml file.

see http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/cc742157(WS.10).aspx .

for example: WinSAT disk –read –ran –ransize 4096 –drive k -xml C:\test.xml

Answer 4

Doesn't do that over here - but try:

winsat disk -seq -read -drive c & pause

Answer 5

Search for CMD and right click it, run as admin, and it will run winsat in the same window (so you can see the results without it closing after it finishes).