defrag command line in Windows 7

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I'm trying to consolidate my system partition volume by running defrag in a command prompt in command line recovery mode.

This is the command I'm trying to have executed: defrag C: /X /H /U

After I enter the command above all I can see is:

Microsoft Disk Defragmenter
Copyright (c) 2007 Microsoft Corp.

and the line is ready to take new commands. No reports, no time used to execute the operation.

Am I doing something wrong? Is the operation executing in the background?

Run the following command and post here the full output: wmic logicaldisk get caption,filesystem,size,volumename — and31415, Aug 3 '14 at 12:16
here you are: Caption FileSystem Size VolumeName C: NTFS 100075040768 OS D: NTFS 216149475328 E: — maja, Aug 3 '14 at 13:17
Judging by the output: C: is 93 GiB and it's associated with the operating system; D: is 201 GiB and is probably used to store personal data; E: should correspond to a CD/DVD drive. Correct if I'm wrong. Which steps did you follow to run the defrag utility, exactly? Do you get the same issue if you try defrag D: /X /H /U instead? — and31415, Aug 3 '14 at 14:27
You're right about the data given by logicaldisk, the machine also has a FAT recovery partition and ext4+swap partitions. — maja, Aug 3 '14 at 17:43
The steps I took are to enter Windows in safe made and then input the command in a prompt. I tried to do this in command prompt recovery mode (no gui), in "normal" recovery mode (in this case I did elevate the prompt) and in a normal session. In the normal session the command executes without any problem, in recovery mode it just gives the copyright info and no other output. — maja, Aug 3 '14 at 17:49

maja · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-03 21:37:25Z

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atm, that's the answer:

answered Aug 3 '14 at 21:37

maja

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also, if someone would change the question into "defrag command line in Windows 7's recovery mode" the whole post would make more sense.. – maja Aug 3 '14 at 21:39

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