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Answer» I am using W7 Ultimate. I am using W7 Ultimate. Here is a start for checking free space: C:\>fsutil volume diskfree C: Total # of free bytes : 300346417152 Total # of bytes : 319965622272 Total # of avail free bytes : 300346417152 C:\> C:\>E: E:\>fsutil volume diskfree E: Total # of free bytes : 139043950592 Total # of bytes : 160039239680 Total # of avail free bytes : 139043950592 E:\> I use Win 7. The fsutil command should be available for XP. Need to be The system Administrator for Win 7Hello, what you want to do in batch is not really very hard. RATHER than ask why you didn't just go ahead and do it yourself I'm going to ask you some of the questions about your idea. First of all, are you really sure this is a valid idea? Is this the sort of thing you really want your computer to do automatically? Why? The information you have given is not complete for a real world application using batch file, or for that matter, any other type of common programming method. There are major flaws either of mission or design. Here's one example of what WILL go wrong. A certain folder is DELETED , only because it's the oldest folder. How can you be sure that it's not a folder that would have critical information in it that should not be deleted? Further, how do you know that deleting the oldest folder would resolve the issue of freeing up more than 50 GB on the hard drive? Do you understand that deleting a folder may not free up disk space? Even if the folder was not empty?. Also, what should the PROGRAM do if there is FAILURE or if something does not go as planned? Should it stop the process? Should WAIT for human to intervene? If a human was available at all times, why even use a batch program to do this? Sorry, but I don't like the idea of just nuking some folder because it's old and there is a limited amount of disk space. Unless it's done by a human. |
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