DISKFREE summarises available diskspace on multiple drive letters. The drives it checks are defined by config file. A report is made to screen and/or to disk. Reports written to disk also contain the computername and the operating system of the computer running the program.
DISKFREE works with FAT-16, FAT-32, and NTFS 4 and 5 partitions, and also mapped network drives.
DISKFREE runs in "auto" or manual mode.
DISKFREE can be used to remotely monitor diskspace - the remote manager must simply access the report file. DISKFREE must run in order to update this file, however.
DISKFREE is configured with a text-based INI file, however this file is not required to run.
- requires MS-DOS 7.x or later
- the following points are this program's terms and conditions of use:
- this program is hereinafter known as "the Software"
- the Software comes with no warranty and is used at your own risk
- the Software is not (and will never be) complete and as such may behave strangely
- the Software is the copyrighted property of the author
- the Software is freely distributable
- there is a feedback form here
- the Software is shareware - if you like it, please register by sending a cheque or money order for 10 pounds sterling to the following address:
Stuart Udall
PO Box 2855
London
United Kingdom W1A 6LW
Registering does two things:
- encourages me, and helps me buy bread, water etc
- lets me email you when I make a new version
The software provided is fully functional however and nothing will happen if you never register. Except I may die, and you may miss out on an important bugfix. :)
Thankyou in advance. If you want me to email you with updates etc., don't forget to include your email address!
A printable form is here.
- run the self-extracting distribution archive
- Note: DISKFREE does not require DISKFREE.INI in the same directory as itself at startup, however if it finds it, it will use it.
- edit DISKFREE.INI and change the list of drive letters to check. The list is in the format CDE if you want to check drives C:, D: and E:
- edit DISKFREE.INI and change the name of the output file. This file will be a textfile once it's made.
- edit DISKFREE.INI and if you like, change AUTO to YES. Doing this will suppress most screen output, and won't wait for a keypress before exiting, or on a non-critical error.
Note: if you don't define these, DISKFREE will check drive C:, won't write to disk, and wait for a keypress.
- type DISKFREE from the command line
This will cause DISKFREE to start. A report will be sent to disk, and to the screen if DISKFREE is in manual mode.
Here is a sample report:
report generated Jan 2, 2003 15:05:14 by diskfree 0.08 (c) 2000 - 2003 Stuart Udall
computer name: dr33mah
operating system: Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]
C:/vol SYS-IDE/3144089600 bytes total/1894408192 bytes free/39% in use
D:/vol DATA1-IDE1/2146467840 bytes total/1445691392 bytes free/32% in use
E:/vol DATA-2-IDE/3144085504 bytes total/1272139776 bytes free/59% in use
F:/vol DATA-1-SCSI/2146467840 bytes total/92078080 bytes free/95% in use
Note: if in AUTO mode, DISKFREE behaves slightly differently. It will always append to the report file, if it exists. And, the report is in CSV (comma-separated-value) format, like this:
diskfree 0.09,06-05-2005,18:48:32,dr33mah4,C:,vol SYS,3669483520 bytes total,2363572224 bytes free,35% in use,Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]
diskfree 0.09,06-05-2005,18:48:32,dr33mah4,D:,vol DATA1-IDE2,6137.84 Mb total,1984.10 Mb free,67% in use,Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]
diskfree 0.09,06-05-2005,18:48:32,dr33mah4,E:,vol DATA1-IDE1,15947.39 Mb total,6037.84 Mb free,62% in use,Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]
diskfree 0.09,06-05-2005,18:48:32,dr33mah4,K:,vol DATA1-IDE2,8040.25 Mb total,1638.13 Mb free,79% in use,Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]
- May have issues with huge drives under XP.
| March 11, 2000 | 0.01 | initial development; basic diskspace recovery routines |
| March 14, 2000 | 0.02 | added computername reporting |
| March 16, 2000 | 0.03 | added HTML documentation |
| March 17, 2000 | 0.04 | added write to disk |
| January 9, 2001 | 0.05 | added manual mode, distributed as SFX |
| December 14, 2001 | 0.06 | tweaks, bugfixes and cosmetic changes |
| September 8, 2002 | 0.07 | applied new BAPI |
| January 2, 2003 | 0.08 | added NT/2K/NTFS support and operating system reporting |
| June 5, 2005 | 0.09 | bugfix |
diskfree.exe library
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