freedisk [/s Computer [/u [Domain\]User [/p [Password]]]] [/d Drive] [Value]

/s Computer

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.

/u [Domain\] User

Runs the script with the permissions of the specified user account. The default is system permissions.

/p [Password]

Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in /u.

/d Drive

Specifies the drive for which you want to find out the availability of free space. You must specify Drive for a remote computer.

Value

Checks for a specific amount of free disk space. You can specify Value in bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB or YB.

• 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.
  
  
• For unattended installations, you can use freedisk in installation batch files to check for the prerequisite amount free space before continuing with the installation.
  
  
• 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:

freedisk 50mb

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.