Checks to see if the specified amount of disk space is available before continuing with an installation process.
For examples of how this command can be used, see Examples.
freedisk [/s <Computer> [/u [<Domain>\]<User> [/p [<Password>]]]] [/d <Drive>] [<Value>]
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Parameter
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Description
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/s <Computer>
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Specifies the name or IP address of a remote computer (do not use backslashes). The default is the local computer. This parameter applies to all files and folders specified in the command.
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/u [<Domain>\]<User>
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Runs the script with the permissions of the specified user account. The default is system permissions.
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/p [<Password>]
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Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in /u.
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/d <Drive>
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Specifies the drive for which you want to find out the availability of free space. You must specify <Drive>for a remote computer.
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<Value>
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Checks for a specific amount of free disk space. You can specify <Value>in bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB or YB.
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Using the /s, /u, and /p command-line options The /u and /p command-line options are available only when you use /s. You must use /p with /u to provide the user's password.
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For unattended installations, you can use freedisk in installation batch files to check for the prerequisite amount free space before continuing with the installation.
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When you use freedisk in a batch file, it returns a 0 if there is enough space and a 1 if there is not enough space.
To determine whether there are at least 50 MB of free space available on drive C:, type:
Output similar to the following appears on the screen:
INFO: The specified 52,428,800 byte(s) of free space is available on current drive.
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