Windows 95, 98, NT 4.x, 2000, ME, and XP users

  • From the Windows desktop, open My Computer.

  • In My Computer, highlight and right-click the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) Drive.

  • From the menu that appears after right-clicking the drive, click Properties.

  • The Properties window displays the used space, free space, and the total capacity of the drive, similar to what is shown below.

  • Windows 95, 98, NT 4.x, 2000, ME, and XP users.

  • MS-DOS users and Windows 3.x and NT 3.x users.

  • Linux and Unix users.

MS-DOS users and Windows 3.x and NT 3.x users

Open the MS-DOS prompt.

To determine the available space on a hard drive using MS-DOS, we recommend the dir command be used.

At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following command, and press Enter.

dir

At the end of the directory listing, information similar to the example below is displayed.

2 file(s) 578 bytes 15 dir (s) 16,754.78 MB free

As you can see above, the hard drive has over 16 GB of free space. If you want to see all files and how much space they are occupying, type the commands below.

cd
dir /s

The commands above list all files on your computer (except the hidden files) and displays the total amount of disk space they utilize, and the free disk space.

  • See the dir command and cd command pages for further information about these commands.

Linux and Unix users

  • How to determine the amount of free disk space available in Linux.
  • How to find how much hard drive space is available.
  • How to determine the size of a file or folder.
  • See our floppy disk and floppy drive definitions for further information about these terms.
  • Floppy drive help and support.