defrag.exe
Windows Disk Defragmenter by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| MD5: | 9e759edde1e45a4e55752cd2ed321f89 |
| SHA1: | 380e867c6625aeed69b5c86ed42ed9e98b9c23b3 |
| SHA256: | 364c98de9b220fc3d2e26a48296359c71df1b3774eb9153e964f6486037c5b98 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is defrag.exe?
Disk Defragmenter is a utility in Microsoft Windows designed to increase access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, a technique called defragmentation. Defragmenting a disk minimizes head travel, which reduces the time it takes to read files from and write files to the disk. Beginning with Windows XP, Disk Defragmenter also reduces system startup times.
About defrag.exe (from Microsoft)
“Disk Defragmenter consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer's hard disk, so that each occupies a single, contiguous space on the volume As a result, your system can gain access to y”
Details
| File name: | defrag.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. |
| Product name: | Windows Disk Defragmenter |
| Description: | Disk Defragmenter Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\defrag.exe |
| Original name: | Defrag.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
| Product version: | 6.1.7600.16385 |
| Size: | 172 KB (176,128 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| Entropy: | 7.282741 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'ManualDefrag' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ManualDefrag'
- The task 'ScheduledDefrag' runs weekly in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag'
- Entry path '\Defragmentation'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ManualDefrag'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00776212% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00344031% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00432182% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,114/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 985.33 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.43 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.83 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 985.33 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 20.36 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 20.77 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.74 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.52 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,046/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 25 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 81 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Windows\System32\defrag.exe" -p 3c0 -s 0000098c -b C:
- C:\Windows\System32\defrag.exe -c
- "C:\Windows\System32\defrag.exe" -p 3f8 -s 000007f0 -b C:
- C: /a /v
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Parent processes: |
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Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
26.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
10.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.71% of Windows Disk Defragmenter.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
23.66% |
|
| ASUS |
19.85% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
19.08% |
|
| Acer |
11.07% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.16% |
|
| Lenovo |
4.58% |
|
| Sony |
3.05% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.67% |
|
| Intel |
2.29% |
|
| Samsung |
1.91% |
|
| Alienware |
0.76% |
|
| Gateway |
0.76% |
|
| NEC |
0.76% |
|
| Sahara |
0.38% |
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