Running PerfectDisk 12 from the Command Line


With support for the Windows command line interface, or CLI, PerfectDisk integrates easily into batch procedures, automated scripts, and other forms of “hands-off” activity. In general, PerfectDisk supports the following features and capabilities from the command line:

§        Perform drive analysis on a specified computer, for one or more drives.

§        Start an online or offline defragmentation run on a specified computer, for one or more drives.

§        Schedule an offline defragmentation run for the next reboot.

§        Stop a defragmentation pass on a specified computer, for one or more drives.

§        Report status for all active PerfectDisk Operations on a specified computer.

§        Report statistics for drive analysis, plus online and offline defragmentations on a specified computer, for one or more drives.

§        Run a specific schedule on a specified computer.

§        Get Free Space Status report.

§        Provide help information at the command line.

§        Show PerfectDisk support information.

Related Topics

§        Accessing PerfectDisk CLI Tool (PDCMD.exe) to Run PerfectDisk Commands

§        Understanding Custom Error Codes

§        PDCmd.exe Command Reference