What is the file system of the drive?

This post teaches you how to check the file system of a drive with detailed steps.

The file system is the way that different devices utilize to store and organize your information.

check file system of hard drive

Windows 10 supports FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS file system.

Different files systems have different properties.

Next right-poke the target drive and chooseProperties.

see drive file system

Under General tab in Properties window, you could check the file system of the drive.

Typediskpartin Command Prompt, and press Enter to open DiskPart command-line utility.

In Diskpart, typelist volume, and press Enter to get the list of all drives.

check hard drive file system in PowerShell

Then you’ve got the option to see the file system of a drive under File System column.

See Drive File System with PowerShell

Step 1.

Press Windows + X, and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) to open PowerShell utility on Windows 10.

In PowerShell, you could typeget-volumecommand and press Enter.

It lets you easily create/resize/extend/format/wipe partitions to better manage your disk storage space.

It allows you to easily convert file system format likeconvert FAT to NTFS.

you might also use it to check and fix file system errors, check bad sectors on selected partition.

Disk Benchmark and Space Analyzer feature are also included in this tool.

Only in 3 simple steps, you’ve got the option to recover your data.

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