Check Disk Space

To check free disk space on windows 10 follow this procedure step by step.

Check disk space. To check for available hard disk space type the following command on your server s ssh terminal df hfilesystem size used avail use mounted on dev vda1 20g 7 1g 13g. Click the menu. Under devices and drives you ll see your main system volume c and any other drives in the computer.

Open disk usage analyzer from the activities overview. Windows shows the amount of free disk space on the drive directly below the drive s name. To get the disk s size and disk s free space using powershell we can use either cim logicaldisk cim class or win32 logicaldisk wmi class.

Here df stands for d isk f ilesystem. Check file system disk space usage the df command displays the information of device name total blocks total disk space used disk space available disk space and mount points on a file system. What to know checking free space on a drive is helpful if you suspect it s filling up or you re getting random error messages.

It s a computer shaped icon on the settings page. As soon as you click the file explorer option. Click the gear shaped icon in the lower left side of the start menu.

Type file explorer in the search box and then click the file explorer option as the following image is showing. Click this pc in the left column. The function of some options are explained below using examples.

Click one of the items in the list to view a detailed summary of the usage for that item. These programs scan and interpret everything that s using up disk space like saved files videos program installation files everything and then provide you one or more reports that help make very clear what s using up all your storage space. Click the search button on the taskbar.