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By Mark Russinovich
Published: July 4, 2016
Download DiskExt (498 KB)
DiskExt demonstrates the use of the IOCTL_VOLUME_GET_VOLUME_DISK_EXTENTS command that returns information about what disks the partitions of a volume are located on (multipartition disks can reside on multiple disks) and where on the disk the partitions are located.
Download DiskExt (498 KB)
Documentation
Graphical disk sector utility.
Use Contig to optimize individual files, or to create new files that are contiguous.
CacheSet is a program that allows you to control the Cache Manager's working set size using functions provided by NT.
Training
Module
Maintain disks and volumes - Training
This module explores file system fragmentation and the tools that you can use to reduce fragmentation. Students will learn how Windows can compress files to take up less space on the hard disk.