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This section enumerates the drives (also known as volumes) found on the computer. The information displayed depends on the drive type and the presence of removable media. By design, WinAudit only reports on local drives, i.e. network drives are ignored.
WinAudit follows the widely adopted convention that 1MB = 1024*1024 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes which is sometimes referred to as 1 mebibyte. It is common however, for floppy drive manufacturers to use 1MB = 1000*1024 bytes = 1,024,000 bytes.
 Letter
The letter used to identify the drive in the range A to Z.
Drive Type
The type of drive; one of removable, fixed, network, CD-ROM or RAM disk. USB devices and floppy drives are reported as removable.
Percent Used
The percentage of the media that is in use. For optical drives a value of 100% is reported regardless of the amount in use because it is customary to assume there is no free space.
Used Space
The space used on the media. The reported value may be less than the actual amount if user quota's are implemented. Windows® 95 release 1 has a detection ceiling of 2GB.
Free Space
The free space available on the media. Optical drives normally show zero free space regardless of the amount of information actually written to the media.
Total Space
The total space available on the media. For optical drives this value is the amount in use and not its total capacity.
Volume Name
The volume name of the drive, also known as the label.
File System
The file system used to store data on the media, common types are FAT , FAT32 , NTFS and CDFS.
Volume Serial Number
The volume serial number, this number changes when the drive is formatted. To obtain the manufacturer's serial number set the option for physical disk detection.
Sectors Per Cluster
The number of sectors in a cluster. A cluster is comprised of sectors. A sector is the smallest amount of space useable on a drive.
Bytes Per Sector
The number of bytes each sector can store. Typical numbers are 512, 1024 and 2048.
Free Clusters
The number of clusters that are available to store information. May be fewer than the actual amount if user quotas are implemented.
Total Clusters
The total number of clusters available on the drive. May be fewer than the actual amount if user quotas are implemented.
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