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How to create 1GB zeroed sparse file

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A sparse file is a type of file that attempts to use file system space more efficiently when blocks allocated to the file are mostly empty.

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.

Creating dummy files with mkfile/fsutil

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The following command will create a dummy file in the specified path with the specified size (in bytes):