Following is a list of Windows NT files system files organized by
location. Following filenames are short explanations.
WINNT\SYSTEM32
FATBOOT.BIN FAT boot sector template
HPFSBOOT.BIN HPFS boot cluster template
DISKCOMP.COM Disk comparison utility
DISKCOPY.COM Disk copy utility
FORMAT.COM Disk format utility
TREE.COM Graphical directory display utility
ACLEDIT.DLL Access control list (ACL) editor
CUFAT.DLL FAT file system conversion
CUHPFS.DLL HPFS file system conversion
FMIFS.DLL Interface between File Manager and installable file
system
IFSUTIL.DLL Installable file system utility
IOLOGMSG.DLL I/O log
UFAT.DLL Provides FORMAT and CHKDSK support for FAT file system.
UHPFS.DLL Provides FORMAT and CHKDSK support for HPFS file
system.
ULIB.DLL Provides support for commands: DISKCOPY, SUBST, DOSKEY,
ACLCONV, CHCP, KEYB, CONVERT, MODE, XCOPY, REPLACE,
MORE, PRINT, RECOVER, COMP, FC, CHKDSK, FIND, TREE,
SORT, DISKCOMP, ATTRIB, FORMAT, etc.
UNTFS.DLL Provides FORMAT and CHKDSK support for NTFS file
system.
ACLCONV.EXE ACL conversion utility. Converts OS/2 LAN Manager
server access control lists. Uses BACKACC data file.
APPEND.EXE Enables programs to open data files in specified
directories as if they were in the current directory.
ATTRIB.EXE Attribute utility.
AUTOCHK.EXE Auto check utility. Run automatically by the system at
boot to check disks.
AUTOCONV.EXE Auto file system conversion utility. Run automatically
by the system when the user has requested a file system
conversion of a volume that cannot be locked at run
time or during Windows NT Setup.
BACKUP.EXE Backup utility
BACKUP.HLP Backup help
CHKDSK.EXE Check disk utility
COMP.EXE File compare utility
CONVERT.EXE File system conversion utility. Converts FAT or HPFS
volumes to NTFS.
DISKPERF.EXE Starts or stops disk performance counters for use by
Performance Monitor.
FASTOPEN.EXE Dummy file for backward compatibility
FC.EXE File compare utility
FIND.EXE Find string utility
FINDSTR.EXE Searches for strings in files. Can use regular
expressions.
LABEL.EXE Disk label utility
NTBACKUP.EXE Tape backup utility
NTIO.SYS Provides IO.SYS support for MS-DOS-based applications.
PERFMON.EXE Performance Monitor
PERFMON.HLP Performance monitor help
PORTUAS.EXE Utility for UAS to SAM database conversion
RECOVER.EXE File recovery utility
REPLACE.EXE Replace file utility
RESTORE.EXE File restore utility
SETACL.EXE Sets ACLs on directory tree during Windows NT Setup.
SHARE.EXE Dummy file for backward compatibility
WINDISK.EXE Disk Administrator
WINDISK.HLP Disk administrator help
WINFILE.EXE File Manager
WINFILE.HLP File Manager help
XCOPY.EXE Extended Copy Utility
WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG
SYSTEM Master copy of partition information.
SYSTEM.ALT Alternate copy of SYSTEM.
WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
ATDISK.SYS IBM AT (ST506) driver used my most ISA PCs
CDFS.SYS CD file system driver
CDFS_REC.SYS Mini-file system recognizer for CDFS
DISKPERF.SYS Disk performance driver
FASTFAT.SYS Fast FAT file system driver
FAT_REC.SYS Mini-file system recognizer for FAT
FLOPPY.SYS Floppy driver
FTDISK.SYS Fault tolerance disk driver
HPFS_REC.SYS Mini-file system recognizer for HPFS
NTFS.SYS Windows NT file system (NTFS) driver
NTFS_REC.SYS Mini-file system recognizer for NTFS
PINBALL.SYS HPFS file system driver
SCSICDRM.SYS SCSI CD-ROM driver
SCSIDISK.SYS SCSI disk driver
SCSIFLOP.SYS SCSI floppy driver
SCSIPORT.SYS SCSI port driver