Copy & Disk Management Commands

Cards (15)

  • Copy – Copies files from one folder to another.
  • xcopy – Copies folders, subfolders and all the files within them.
  • robocopy – A more advanced copy task than xcopy that can handle connection failures.
  • chkdsk – Scans a disk to recover corrupted files.
  • Chkdsk /f fixes errors on the disk.
  • Chkdsk /r thoroughly fixes bad sectors on the hard drive and tries to recover readable information.
  • Format d: /fs:ntfs will format the drive as ntfs.
  • Format /q Performs a quick format.
  • Format /q /fs:fat32 /q will quick format the D drive as fat32.
  • Convert: Changes from FAT/FAT32 filesystem to NTFS without erasing files.
  • Convert /fs specifies that the volume will be converted to NTFS.
  • A volume is a logical drive which has a single file system.
  • Diskpart – A command line partition management tool.
  • Quick format: Delete the data and change the file system.
  • Standard format: Remove data by overwriting its contents and checks drive for bad sectors.