Chapter 7 - Disk, File System, and Backup Utilities

This chapter explains various disk utilities, file system utilities, and backup utilities and how to use them. It shows where to obtain the utilities and other sources of related information.

Other chapters in this part of the Windows NT Server Resource Guide also identify situations in which you should use the utilities (described in this chapter) and contain more information about them:

The utilities described in this chapter are available from different sources.

The following utilities are on the Windows NT Server product CD. When you install Windows NT, they are installed in %systemroot%\System32. You must run all of these utilities from the command prompt. The Section column in the next table identifies the section in this chapter in which the utility is described.

Utility

Purpose

Section

AT

Run Windows NT backup at scheduled time.

Backup

Cacls

Display and modify Access Control Lists (ACLs) for NTFS files and folders.

File System

Compact

Display and change compression of NTFS files and folders.

File System

Convert

Convert volume from FAT to NTFS.

File System

Expand

Expand files that are compressed on the Windows NT Server product CD, the Windows NT Server Resource Kit CD, or that you compressed by using the Compress utility.

File System


The rest of the utilities described in this chapter are on the Windows NT Server Resource Kit CD. You can install the Resource Kit by double-clicking Setup.exe when you load the Resource Kit CD.

The Windows NT Resource Kit utilities are organized into subgroups, by functional area. Rktools.hlp contains information about each of the utilities on the resource kit. To find out which functional area contains which utilities, double-click Rktools.hlp and double-click each Tools group on the Contents screen.

When you install the Windows NT Resource Kit, Setup creates a Resource Kit program group that has Rktools.hlp and Readme.txt in it. It also creates a program group within the Resource Kit program group for each subgroup that you install. You can install only those subgroups that you want by doing a custom install.

To do a custom installation of the Resource Kit

1. Double-click Setup.exe at the root of the Windows NT Server Resource Kit CD.

2. Click the Custom button.

3. Check the group(s) that contains the utilities you want to install.

The following table contains information about each of the Resource Kit utilities described in this chapter. As in the previous table, the Section column identifies the section in this chapter in which the tool is described.

Utility

Type

Purpose

Subgroup

Section

Compress

Command prompt

Compress files and folders.

File

File System

DirUse

Command prompt

Display folder size information, including compression information for NTFS volumes.

File

File System

DiskMap

Command prompt

Display information about the disk and the contents of the Partition Table.

Disk/Fault Tolerance

Disk

DiskProbe

Windows NT-based

Low-level disk editor.

Disk/Fault Tolerance

Disk

DiskSave

MS-DOS-based

Save and restore Master Boot Record and Partition Boot Sector.

Disk/Fault Tolerance

Disk

Expndw32

Windows NT-based

Expand compressed files.

File

File System

FTEdit

Windows NT-based

Recover stripe sets, stripe sets with parity, and volume sets.

Disk/Fault Tolerance

Disk