Devices Find File System of Drive in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you different ways to find out which file system a connected drive has been formatted with in Windows 11.

A file system enables applications to store and retrieve files on storage devices. Files are placed in a hierarchical structure. The file system specifies naming conventions for files and the format for specifying the path to a file in the tree structure.

Windows 11 supports the FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and ReFS file systems for drive volumes or partitions on a disk.

References:
learn.microsoft.com

Local File Systems - Win32 apps

Manage directories with directory entry table, directory handles, reparse points.
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File Systems Technologies: Local File Systems

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Option One

Find File System of Drive in Disk Management


1 Open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc).

2 You will now see the File System for each drive partition/volume on each disk. (see screenshot below)

File_system_Disk_Management.png





Option Two

Find File System of Drive in File Explorer


1 Open This PC in File Explorer (Win+E).

2 Right click on a drive you want to know its file system, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)

File_system_File_Explorer-1.png

3 You will now see the File system for the drive in the General tab. (see screenshot below)

File_system_File_Explorer-2.png




Option Three

Find File System of Drive in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Storage on the right side. (see screenshot below)


File_system_Settings-1.png

3 Click/tap on Advanced storage settings to expand it open, and click/tap on Disks & volumes. (see screenshot below)

File_system_Settings-2.png

4 You will now see the file system for each drive partition/volume on each disk. (see screenshot below)

File_system_Settings-3.png




Option Four

Find File System of Drive in Settings


1 Open System Information (msinfo32.exe).

2 Navigate to and open the path below in the left System Summary pane. (see screenshot below)

Components > Storage > Drives​

3 In the right pane of Drives, you will see the File System of each Drive.

msinfo32_drive_file_system.png





Option Five

Find File System of Drive in PowerShell


1 Open Windows Terminal, and select PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

get-volume​

3 You will now see the FileSystemType for each drive partition/volume.

File_system_PowerShell.png





Option Six

Find File System of Drive in Command Prompt


You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.


1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal (Admin), and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

diskpart​

3 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal (Admin), and press Enter.

list volume​

4 You will now see the Fs (File System) for each drive partition/volume.

File_system_command.png



That's it,
Shawn Brink


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Always a very informative, well-detailed tutorial from the man himself 😎😀👽
 

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