currently exist in the directory, 'longfile.txt' will
                  be the short alias instead of 'longfi~1.txt'. 
                   
+usefree       -- Use the "free clusters" value stored on FSINFO. It'll
+                 be used to determine number of free clusters without
+                 scanning disk. But it's not used by default, because
+                 recent Windows don't update it correctly in some
+                 case. If you are sure the "free clusters" on FSINFO is
+                 correct, by this option you can avoid scanning disk.
+
 quiet         -- Stops printing certain warning messages.
 
 check=s|r|n   -- Case sensitivity checking setting.
 
        }
        if (opts->name_check != 'n')
                seq_printf(m, ",check=%c", opts->name_check);
+       if (opts->usefree)
+               seq_puts(m, ",usefree");
        if (opts->quiet)
                seq_puts(m, ",quiet");
        if (opts->showexec)
 
 enum {
        Opt_check_n, Opt_check_r, Opt_check_s, Opt_uid, Opt_gid,
-       Opt_umask, Opt_dmask, Opt_fmask, Opt_codepage, Opt_nocase,
+       Opt_umask, Opt_dmask, Opt_fmask, Opt_codepage, Opt_usefree, Opt_nocase,
        Opt_quiet, Opt_showexec, Opt_debug, Opt_immutable,
        Opt_dots, Opt_nodots,
        Opt_charset, Opt_shortname_lower, Opt_shortname_win95,
        {Opt_dmask, "dmask=%o"},
        {Opt_fmask, "fmask=%o"},
        {Opt_codepage, "codepage=%u"},
+       {Opt_usefree, "usefree"},
        {Opt_nocase, "nocase"},
        {Opt_quiet, "quiet"},
        {Opt_showexec, "showexec"},
        opts->quiet = opts->showexec = opts->sys_immutable = opts->dotsOK =  0;
        opts->utf8 = opts->unicode_xlate = 0;
        opts->numtail = 1;
-       opts->nocase = 0;
+       opts->usefree = opts->nocase = 0;
        *debug = 0;
 
        if (!options)
                case Opt_check_n:
                        opts->name_check = 'n';
                        break;
+               case Opt_usefree:
+                       opts->usefree = 1;
+                       break;
                case Opt_nocase:
                        if (!is_vfat)
                                opts->nocase = 1;
                               le32_to_cpu(fsinfo->signature2),
                               sbi->fsinfo_sector);
                } else {
-                       sbi->free_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fsinfo->free_clusters);
+                       if (sbi->options.usefree)
+                               sbi->free_clusters =
+                                       le32_to_cpu(fsinfo->free_clusters);
                        sbi->prev_free = le32_to_cpu(fsinfo->next_cluster);
                }
 
 
                 numtail:1,       /* Does first alias have a numeric '~1' type tail? */
                 atari:1,         /* Use Atari GEMDOS variation of MS-DOS fs */
                 flush:1,         /* write things quickly */
-                nocase:1;        /* Does this need case conversion? 0=need case conversion*/
+                nocase:1,        /* Does this need case conversion? 0=need case conversion*/
+                usefree:1;       /* Use free_clusters for FAT32 */
 };
 
 #define FAT_HASH_BITS  8