Windows 10: Does it mean all hard drive data got erased if "C:\>dir" returns "0 Files 1 Dirs"

In effort to resolve a black screen problem I brought up the command prompt on WinRE and typed: "C:\>dir". It returned the following:

Volume in drive C is System Reserved
Volume Serial Number is 84A3-2C67
Directory of C:\
01/17/2021 02:31AM <DIR> Boot
0 Files 1 Dirs 68,362,240 bytes free

Does it look normal or indicate that all data on C: got erased? If erased, is it possible to see them using the "attrib" command?

:)

 

dir Difficulties

DIR uses whatever time definition you tell it to use. Following command would list all files and folders in X:\Downloads in order they have been created:

dir X:\Downloads /t:c

DIR is fully capable to sort files and folders. Following command would list all files in X:\Downloads, oldest first:

dir X:\Downloads /o:d

The minus sign before a parameter reverses the results, so the following command would list the same folder in reversed order, newest first:

dir X:\Downloads /o:-d

You can also combine switches. Following command would list all files and folders in X:\Downloads and all its subfolders (the /s switch), listing them in newest first based on time of file / folder creation:

dir X:\Downloads /s /o:-d /t:c

 

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I am getting the hang of this command set.

Maybe somebody know a work around that will list the three time stamps at one time.
Theoretically dir /TC /TA /TW.
dir will only show one of the three at one time.

To me it seems that the only way to get all three on a line is to run loop with output to file, then boiling down the three outputs to one line. Clumsy but maybe the only way to get the job done?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

dir Difficulties

Kari - We are both saying the same thing. Dir lists files and its lists can be sorted. Dir does not do anything to the files themselves but only to the lists it produces. Denis