# Please suggest an App for Windows 10/11 that's similar to Dir in a cmd window **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-an-app-for-windows-10-11-thats-similar-to-dir-in-a-cmd-window/1027311 "2026-02-02T17:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-an-app-for-windows-10-11-thats-similar-to-dir-in-a-cmd-window/1027311/34 "2026-02-02T19:37:31Z")
**I don’t know how to Link Threads** Yoi may find the thread about Backup Software. I just asked about using a Disk Image backup to setup a New Replacement laptop boot drive. > [@Please recommend Software for Windows backup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-software-for-windows-backup/1026981/33): > > Absolutely! I’ve done exactly this several times. Of course you need to have bootable rescue media prepared in advance in order to move the system to the new drive. With Macrium Reflect (or likely many other backup programs) you’ll likely need to Google how to tell it to expand the user partition to the maximum available size of the new drive, or else you’ll end up with a new drive with the same partition size as the old drive, and a whole bunch of unused space. But even if that happens, a … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-an-app-for-windows-10-11-thats-similar-to-dir-in-a-cmd-window/1027311)._