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] PathName
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.
PathName : Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
RootPathname : Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon) of the root drive.
VolumePathname : Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
Examples
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