Fsutil: fsinfo

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Fsutil: fsinfo

Typically used by support professionals. Lists all drives, queries the drive type, queries volume information, queries NTFS-specific volume information, or queries file system statistics.

Syntax

fsutil fsinfo [drives]

fsutil fsinfo [drivetype] VolumePathname

fsutil fsinfo [ntfsinfo] RootPathname**:**

fsutil fsinfo [statistics] VolumePathname

fsutil fsinfo [volumeinfo] RootPathname**:**

Parameters
  • drives
    Lists all drives in the computer.
  • drivetype
    Queries a drive and lists its type, for example CD-ROM drive.
  • ntfsinfo
    Lists NTFS specific volume information for the specified volume, such as the number of sectors, total clusters, free clusters, and the start and end of the MFT Zone.
  • statistics
    Lists file system statistics for the specified volume, such as metadata, log file, and MFT reads and writes.
  • volumeinfo
    Lists information for the specified volume, such as the file system, and whether the volume supports case-sensitive file names, unicode in file names, or disk quotas.
  • VolumePathname
    Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon).
  • RootPathname :
    Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon) of the root drive.
Examples

To list all of the drives in the computer, type:

fsutil fsinfo drives

Sample output:

Drives: A:\ C:\ D:\ E:\

To query the drive type of drive C, type:

fsutil fsinfo drivetype C:

Possible results:

  • Unknown Drive

  • No such Root Directory

  • Removable Drive, for example floppy

  • Fixed Drive

  • Remote/Network Drive

  • CD-ROM Drive

  • Ram Disk

To query the volume information for volume E, type:

fsinfo volumeinfo E:\

Sample output:

Volume Name :Volume
Serial Number : 0xd0b634d9
Max Component Length : 255
File System Name : NTFS
Supports Case-sensitive filenames
Preserves Case of filenames
Supports Unicode in filenames
Preserves & Enforces ACL's
Supports file-based Compression
Supports Disk Quotas
Supports Sparse files
Supports Reparse Points
Supports Object Identifiers
Supports Encrypted File System
Supports Named Streams

To query drive F for NTFS-specific volume information, type:

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo F:

Sample output:

NTFS Volume Serial Number :       0xe660d46a60d442cb
Number Sectors :                  0x00000000010ea04f
Total Clusters :                  0x000000000021d409
Free Clusters  :                  0x00000000000f222a
Total Reserved :                  0x0000000000003550
Bytes Per Sector  :               512
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0
Mft Valid Data Length :           0x0000000003eab000
Mft Start Lcn  :                  0x0000000000000004
Mft2 Start Lcn :                  0x000000000010ea04
Mft Zone Start :                  0x0000000000003ea0
Mft Zone End   :                  0x0000000000004700

To query the file system statistics for drive E, type:

fsinfo statistics E:

Sample output:

File System Type :     NTFS
Version :              1
UserFileReads :        75021
UserFileReadBytes :    1305244512
UserDiskReads :        71213
UserFileWrites :       8037
UserFileWriteBytes :   207685440
UserDiskWrites :       5278
MetaDataReads :        14377
MetaDataReadBytes :    58888192
MetaDataDiskReads :    14773
MetaDataWrites :       18705
MetaDataWriteBytes :   138108928
MetaDataDiskWrites :   21464       

MftReads :             9394
MftReadBytes :         38477824
MftWrites :            17061
MftWriteBytes :        115359744
Mft2Writes :           0
Mft2WriteBytes :       0
RootIndexReads :       0
RootIndexReadBytes :   0
RootIndexWrites :      0
RootIndexWriteBytes :  0
BitmapReads :          136
BitmapReadBytes :      557056
BitmapWrites :         1180
BitmapWriteBytes :     11161600
MftBitmapReads :       4
MftBitmapReadBytes :   16384
MftBitmapWrites :      118
MftBitmapWriteBytes :  491520
UserIndexReads :       2938
UserIndexReadBytes :   12034048
UserIndexWrites :      2738
UserIndexWriteBytes :  20615168
LogFileReads :         4
LogFileReadBytes :     16384
LogFileWrites :        8407
LogFileWriteBytes :    180936704

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See Also

Concepts

Fsutil
Command-line reference A-Z
Command shell overview