fatio

A program for reading and writing FAT32/EXFAT file systems.

command

list

List supported partitions.

fatio.exe list

mkfs

Create an FAT/exFAT volume, Supported format options: FAT, FAT32, EXFAT.

fatio.exe mkfs Disk Part format [CLUSTER_SIZE]
# Example:
# fatio.exe mkfs 1 2 FAT
# fatio.exe mkfs 1 2 FAT 512

label

Set/remove the label of a volume.

fatio.exe label Disk Part [String]
# Example:
# fatio.exe label 1 2 mydisk

mkdir

Create a new directory.

fatio.exe mkdir Disk Part Dir
# Example:
# fatio.exe mkdir 1 2 \dir

ls

List files in the specified directory.

fatio.exe ls Disk Part Dir
# Example:
# fatio.exe ls 1 2 \

cat

Print files content from FAT partition.

fatio.exe cat Disk Part Dest_File
# Examples:
# fatio.exe cat 1 2 \text.txt
# fatio.exe cat 1 2 \files\text.txt

copy

Copy files from FAT/EXFAT file systems.

fatio.exe copy Disk Part Src_File Dest_File [-y]
# Examples:
# fatio.exe copy 1 2 D:\text.txt text.txt
# fatio.exe copy 1 2 D:\text.txt \dir\text.txt
# fatio.exe copy 1 2 D:\files \
# Update mode, copy only when the source file is inconsistent
# fatio.exe copy 1 2 D:\files \ -y

remove

Remove the file from FAT partition.

fatio.exe remove Disk Part Dest_File
# Examples:
# fatio.exe remove 1 2 \text.txt
# fatio.exe remove 1 2 \dir

move

move the file from FAT partition.

fatio.exe move Disk Part Src_File Dest_File
# Examples:
# fatio.exe move 1 2 \text.txt \abc.txt

extract

Extract the archive file to FAT partition.

fatio.exe extract Disk Part File
# Example:
# fatio.exe extract 1 2 D:\windows.iso

dump

Dump the file from FAT partition.

fatio.exe dump Disk Part Src_File Dest_File
# Examples:
# fatio.exe dump 1 2 text.txt D:\text.txt
# fatio.exe dump 1 2 \dir\text.txt D:\text.txt

chmod

Change file attributes for files on a FAT partition.

| Attributes | Description | | ---------- | ----------- | | A | Archive | | R | Read Only | | S | System | | H | Hidden |

fatio.exe chmod Disk Part File [+/-A] [+/-H] [+/-R] [+/-S]
# Examples:
# fatio.exe chmod 1 2 text.txt +A +H +R

setmbr

Set disk MBR, support types: empty, nt5, nt6, grub4dos, ultraiso, rufus, syslinux.

fatio.exe setmbr Disk [--MBR_TYPE] [DEST_FILE] [-n]
# Examples:
# fatio.exe setmbr 1 --nt6
# fatio.exe setmbr 1 --grub4dos
# fatio.exe setmbr 1 D:\mbr.bin
# Do NOT keep original disk signature and partition table
# fatio.exe setmbr 1 D:\mbr.bin -n

setpbr

Set disk PBR, support types: nt5, nt6, grub4dos.

fatio.exe setpbr Disk Part [--PBR_TYPE]
# Examples:
# fatio.exe setmbr 1 1 --nt6
# fatio.exe setmbr 1 2 --grub4dos

setpartid

Set part id type (e.g. 0x07 represents NFT/exFAT, 0x0C represents FAT32).

fatio.exe setpartid Disk Part ID
# Examples:
# fatio.exe setpartid 1 1 0C
# fatio.exe setpartid 1 2 EF

Common partition type identifiers:

| part type | part format | | :-------: | :---------: | | 0x07 | NTFS/exFAT | | 0x0C | FAT32 (LBA) | | 0x83 | Linux | | 0x82 | Linux Swap | | 0x05 | 扩展分区 |

setactive

Set partition active.

fatio.exe setactive Disk Part
# Examples:
# fatio.exe setactive 1 1
# fatio.exe setactive 1 2

swap

Swap partition order.

fatio.exe swap Disk Part1 Part2
# Examples:
# fatio.exe swap 1 1 2