The verify command enables or disables a feature that determines whether or not files are written properly.

Availability

Verify command is an internal command that is available in the following Microsoft operating systems.

  • Availability

  • Verify syntax

  • Verify examples

  • All Versions of MS-DOS

  • Windows 95

  • Windows 98

  • Windows ME

  • Windows NT

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

  • Windows Vista

  • Windows 7

  • Windows 8

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 11

Verify syntax

Tells the Windows command line (cmd.exe) if it should verify the files are written correctly to a disk.

VERIFY [ON | OFF]

Type VERIFY without a parameter to display the current VERIFY setting.

Verify examples

verify on

Turn verify on in the command line.