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January 28th, 2004 19:00
Scheduled Taks - Windows XP Pro
Hello Everyone:
I have a new Dell PC - that I would like to apply some scheduled taks to - here's what I've done so far - let me know if you guys can help:
1: Partitioned the HD so that Windows XP (PRO) is on drive C: (36 GB)
2: I made the remaining four GB into drive D:
3: Set up a password protected ADMIN account - to use scheduled taks
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Now - I want to set up scheduled tasks to automatically format drive D: every week (SAT - 11 AM to be exact) - I am having some problems - here are the next few things I did...:
1: Set up task scheduler so that Command Prompt would run every SAT at 11 AM
2: Set the run command for command prompt to be:
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe format d: /q /y
3: Set the task to run as the ADMIN account with the password (all accounts on this machine are administrators - so there shouldn't be problems...)
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When I run the format task - disk drive D: does not format - the task says "Running" but - after several hours - the drive has still not formatted...
If I were to go into command prompt and type format d: /q /y - and hit enter the thing formats in 60 seconds flat.
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Any reason why this isn't working as a scheduled task - if so - how can I resolve the issue?
Thanks in advance!
Message Edited by Cpudan80 on 01-28-2004 04:47 PM
gryjhnhpe
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January 28th, 2004 22:00
Cpudan80
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January 29th, 2004 00:00
The /y allows the format command to run silently (and yes --- you're right, it answers yes to the "Are you sure..." question)
I've now found out that - when I run the %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe format d: /q /y as a scheduled task - it just opens command prompt - with the directory set to C:\Window\System32 -- don't no how to tell the scheduled task thing to literally type format d: /q /y - i'm sure there is a way...
Any other ideas!
Thanks in advance!
Dan B.
GetawayplaceNC.com Domain Admin
Message Edited by Cpudan80 on 01-28-2004 09:02 PM
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January 29th, 2004 00:00
Perhaps you could write the instuction in a batch file (.bat) and have the scheduler execute that.
@echo off
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe format d: /q /y
exit
Message Edited by BBlackie on 01-28-2004 08:43 PM
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January 29th, 2004 01:00
Yup....whateveryouwanttocallit.bat
Let us know if it's successful.
Cpudan80
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January 29th, 2004 01:00
So --- just open notepad - copy that code - and save as .bat correct?
Then have Task Scheduler run the .bat instead...
Sounds good to me!
Thanks - will try that tomorrow!
Cpudan80
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January 29th, 2004 21:00
Thanks Guys!
I programmed a batch file - to run the DOS command as stated - and it works wonders!
Just in case anyone is interesting here was the code I used
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Format D: /q /y
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Then set scheduled task to run the BAT file every SAT at 11 AM - tested it - works great!
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PS. For anyone who is interested - Scheduled tasks has a safeguard to prevent it from running the command line format command... Found that out after...
Thanks for the help!
Daniel B.
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Message Edited by Cpudan80 on 01-29-2004 06:27 PM