How can I determine which version of NTFS I'm using?

A. Different versions of Windows have included different NTFS drivers and performed automatic updates (I remember needing to have an updated ntfs.sys file for Windows NT 4.0 on my Windows 2000 dual-boot system). Win2K and later Windows versions include the Fsutil command, which lets you perform actions and queries against your file system.

To determine the version of an NTFS volume, type

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo :

at the command prompt. For example, when I type this command, the following records appear on screen:

NTFS Volume Serial Number : 0xa87006e47006b958Version : 3.1Number Sectors : 0x00000000061a7926Total Clusters : 0x0000000000c34f24Free Clusters : 0x0000000000adad78Total Reserved : 0x0000000000000000Bytes Per Sector : 512Bytes Per Cluster : 4096Bytes Per FileRecord Segment : 1024Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0Mft Valid Data Length : 0x0000000002ce4400Mft Start Lcn : 0x00000000000c0000Mft2 Start Lcn : 0x000000000061a792Mft Zone Start : 0x00000000000ffca0Mft Zone End : 0x00000000001011e0

By reviewing these records, we can see that my computer is running NTFS version 3.1 (the Windows XP version). By default, Win2K provides NTFS version 3.0 and NT 4.0 provides NTFS version 1.2.