vol is a shell command that reports identifying information about an accessible volume (a.k.a. logical drive) including its label and serial number.
The command is available in shells COMMAND.COM and cmd.exe.MS-DOS and Windows command line vol command It is available in various operating systems including versions of DOS, FlexOS, 4690 OS, OS/2, Windows,Microsoft TechNet Vol article ReactOS, PTS-DOS 2000 Pro, and EFI shell. In MS-DOS, it is available in versions 2 and later.
The dir command also displays the volume label and serial number (if any).
Use The command reports information about the volume associated with the working directory by default. If a drive letter is specified, then the command reports information about its associated volume. On Windows, the volume serial number is displayed only for disks formatted with MS-DOS version 4.0 or later. OS/2 allows the user to specify more than one drive.
Examples In OS/2, the command line reports the label as "OS/2" and the serial number as "0815:1611" like:
The volume label in drive C is OS/2. The Volume Serial Number is 0815:1611.
In Windows, the command line reports the label as "Windows" and the serial number as "080F-100B" like:
Volume in drive C is Windows Volume Serial Number is 080F-100B
If drive had no label, "has no label" would have shown instead of "is Windows".
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
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External links
vol | Microsoft Docs