fsutil volume
Dismounts a volume, or queries the hard disk drive to determine how much free space is currently available on the hard disk drive or which file is using a particular cluster.
Syntax
fsutil volume [allocationreport] <volumepath>
fsutil volume [diskfree] <volumepath>
fsutil volume [dismount] <volumepath>
fsutil volume [filelayout] <volumepath> <fileID>
fsutil volume [list]
fsutil volume [querycluster] <volumepath> <cluster> [<cluster>] … …
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| allocationreport | Displays information about how storage is used on a given volume. |
<volumepath> |
Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon). |
| diskfree | Queries the hard disk drive to determine the amount of free space on it. |
| dismount | Dismounts a volume. |
| filelayout | Displays NTFS metadata for the given file. |
<fileID> |
Specifies the file id. |
| list | Lists all of the volumes on the system. |
| querycluster | Finds which file is using a specified cluster. You can specify multiple clusters with the querycluster parameter. |
<cluster> |
Specifies the logical cluster number (LCN). |
Examples
To display an allocated clusters report, type:
fsutil volume allocationreport C:
To dismount a volume on drive C, type:
fsutil volume dismount c:
To query the amount of free space of a volume on drive C, type:
fsutil volume diskfree c:
To display all the information about a specified file(s), type:
fsutil volume C: *
fsutil volume C:\Windows
fsutil volume C: 0x00040000000001bf
To list the volumes on disk, type:
fsutil volume list
To find the file(s) that are using the clusters, specified by the logical cluster numbers 50 and 0x2000, on drive C, type:
fsutil volume querycluster C: 50 0x2000