Explore Your Storage Devices Using fsutil Command

Do you know that Windows XP has a great tool to explore more deeply of your storage devices; I will show you an example that shows you the power of this tool. Enjoy exploring this tool.

FSutil is a new tool on Windows XP and Windows 2003, it has so many subcommands that can help us to explore and control the Windows XP. The subcommands are behavior, Dirty, File, Fsinfo, Hardlink, ObjectID, Quota, Reparsepoint, Sparse, USN, Volume. You may try one by one of the subcommands because in one subcommand there available so many options set. For example if you enter fsutil fsinfo drives, you’ll get the output: Drives A:\ C:\ D:\ E:\ F:\.

So if you like to explore a new thing, you will like this tool .

OK, just follow these steps to start this tool:

1. Open the command console first by Start -> Run menu and then enter cmd in textbox

or you can open it by Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt.

2. Now you already to try the fsutil command, for example if you want to explore your hard drive information you may type fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo c:\ and then press ENTER.

3. Now, you can see the result that shows your information of your hard drive.

That’s so easy, isn’t it?

4. Try to explore other subcommands.

Note:

If you want to explore the subcommands list just type fsutil at prompt and if you want to explore option list from a subcommand type fsutil for example: fsutil fsinfo.

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