WinSat command line closes too fast

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?

Solution 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.

Solution 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.

Solution 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

Solution 4:

Open the Start menu and type cmd, then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter (or right-click it and select Run as admin) to open an elevated command-prompt. Run winsat from there and you will see the results without the window closing as soon as it finishes running.