Verifying the blocksize of an NTFS volume

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This simple post provides details on how to verify the block size of an NFS volume, using the fsutil command.

Run the following command on the client from a cmd prompt with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator):

fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo <drive_letter>

For example:

C:\Windows\system32> fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
NTFS Volume Serial Number :       0x68ca8fdfca8fa840
Version :                         3.1
Number Sectors :                  0x00000000253fb7ff
Total Clusters :                  0x0000000004a7f6ff
Free Clusters  :                  0x000000000234679a
Total Reserved :                  0x0000000000000780
Bytes Per Sector  :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector :       4096
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0
Mft Valid Data Length :           0x000000000e040000
Mft Start Lcn  :                  0x00000000000c0000
Mft2 Start Lcn :                  0x0000000000000002
Mft Zone Start :                  0x000000000260c320
Mft Zone End   :                  0x0000000002618b40
RM Identifier:        9CF6394C-499E-11E4-933E-8C117903D491