FSUTIL is a powerful command-line utility that can provide very technical information about your computer's drives, or if utilized incorrectly can cause damage to the file system.
Queries volume information
E.g.: fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo c:
Queries NTFS specific volume information
E.g.: fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
Creates a new file of a specified size
E.g.: fsutil file createnew C:\testfile.txt 1000
Below is a list of supported commands:
Note: To use this utility, it requires administrative permission on the local system.Below are a few examples of different operations that the command can perform.
Queries volume information
E.g.: fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo c:
Queries NTFS specific volume information
E.g.: fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
Creates a new file of a specified size
E.g.: fsutil file createnew C:\testfile.txt 1000
use this command at your own risk... Warning:
- Type: fsutil 8dot3name: 8dot3name management
- Type: fsutil behavior: Control file system behavior
- Type: fsutil dirty: Manage volume dirty bit
- Type: fsutil file: File specific commands
- Type: fsutil fsinfo: File system information
- Type: fsutil hardlink: Hardlink management
- Type: fsutil objectid: Object ID management
- Type: fsutil quota: Quota management
- Type: fsutil repair: Self healing management
- Type: fsutil reparsepoint: Reparse point management
- Type: fsutil resource: Transactional Resource Manager management
- Type: fsutil sparse: Sparse file control
- Type: fsutil transaction: Transaction management
- Type: fsutil usn: USN management
- Type: fsutil volume: Volume management
