Free space in a CMD shell

Solution 1:

If you run "dir c:\", the last line will give you the free disk space.

Edit: Better solution: "fsutil volume diskfree c:"

Solution 2:

A possible solution:

dir|find "bytes free"

a more "advanced solution", for Windows Xp and beyond:

wmic /node:"%COMPUTERNAME%" LogicalDisk Where DriveType="3" Get DeviceID,FreeSpace|find /I "c:"

The Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool (Wmic.exe) can gather vast amounts of information about about a Windows Server 2003 as well as Windows XP or Vista. The tool accesses the underlying hardware by using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Not for Windows 2000.

As noted by Alexander Stohr in the comments:

• WMIC can see policy based restrictions as well. (even if 'dir' will still do the job),
• 'dir' is locale dependent.

Solution 3:

Using this command you can find all partitions, size & free space: wmic logicaldisk get size, freespace, caption