Fsutil: fsinfo
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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