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List Every File on Your Hard Drive

SUMMARY: Using CHKDSK to display all files on a hard drive.

To list every file on your hard drive, you could pull out some combinations with DIR /S to show files in all subfolders, or you can just type in CHKDSK /V. Doing so will show every file on your hard disk, and at the end, will show you a report of the total disk space, total free space, and more.

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CHKDSK /V > DISKREPORT.TXT

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