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Vol (command)

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In some operating systems (e.g., DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows) vol is a command within the command line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe. It is used to display the volume label and volume serial number on a logical drive, such as a hard disk partition or a floppy disk, if they exist.

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Syntax

vol [Drive:]

Arguments:

  • Drive: This command-line argument specifies the drive letter of the disk for which to display the volume label and serial number.

    • Note:

  • On Windows, the volume serial number is displayed only for disks formatted with MS-DOS version 4.0 or later.
  • OS/2 allows the user to specify more than one drive. The vol command displays the volume labels consecutively.

    • Windows

    In the example above, if drive C: has no volume label, "has no label" is shown instead of "is Windows".

    Supported file systems

  • FAT12
  • FAT16
  • FAT32
  • exFAT
  • NTFS

    • References

    Vol (command) Wikipedia
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