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 display the volume label and serial number on a logical drive, such as a hard disk partition or a floppy disk, if they exist.

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 serial number is displayed only for disks formatted with MS-DOS version 4.0 or later.^[1]
• OS/2 allows the user to specify more than one drive. The vol command displays the volume labels consecutively.

Examples

OS/2

[C:\]vol C:
 
The volume label in drive C is OS/2.
The Volume Serial Number is 0815:1611.

Windows Vista

C:\Users\root>vol C:
Volume in drive C is Vista
Volume Serial Number is 080F-100B

Supported file systems

• FAT12
• FAT16
• FAT32
• exFAT
• NTFS

See also

• Label (command) — Used to create, change and delete the disk volume label.
• List of DOS commands

References

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