How to get disk capacity and free space of remote computer

Question

I have this one-liner:

get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -Computername remotecomputer

and the output is this:

DeviceID     : A:
DriveType    : 2
ProviderName :
FreeSpace    :
Size         :
VolumeName   :

DeviceID     : C:
DriveType    : 3
ProviderName :
FreeSpace    : 20116508672
Size         : 42842714112
VolumeName   :

DeviceID     : D:
DriveType    : 5
ProviderName :
FreeSpace    :
Size         :
VolumeName   :

How do I get Freespace and Size of DeviceID C:? I need to extract just these two values with no other informations. I have tried it with Select cmdlet, but with no effect.

Edit: I need to extract the numerical values only and store them in variables.

PS C:\> icm remotecomputer {gdr C | select Free,@{Name='Size'; Expression={$_.Free+$_.Used}}} — Brain2000, Feb 15 '21 at 19:49
None of these answers worked out, as i am behind a firewall and in corporate network, any other options ? — rinilnath, Apr 19 '22 at 06:32

score 164 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 14 '15 at 12:29

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Much simpler solution:

Get-PSDrive C | Select-Object Used,Free

and for remote computers (needs Powershell Remoting)

Invoke-Command -ComputerName SRV2 {Get-PSDrive C} | Select-Object PSComputerName,Used,Free

edited Jun 14 '15 at 12:29

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answered May 01 '15 at 17:48

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Install [PSTools](https://technet.microsoft.com/ko-kr/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx) and do `psexec -u administrator \\[computer name or IP] powershell "get-psdrive C"` – Ch.Idea Nov 08 '15 at 01:21
If you need to authenticate, this will require "Kerberos authentication mechanism" enabled in the remote machine. – Eddie Kumar Jul 10 '19 at 16:02
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If you want this more readable try: 'Get-PSDrive | Select-Object @{Expression={$_.Free/1TB}}' – Marco Rebsamen Jan 06 '21 at 22:49
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In many corporate environments, PowerShell Remoting may not be available. – brianary Nov 15 '21 at 16:31
Any way to overcome @brianary statement ? – rinilnath Apr 19 '22 at 06:03

Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-28T12:56:35.883

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$disk = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName remotecomputer -Filter "DeviceID='C:'" |
Select-Object Size,FreeSpace

$disk.Size
$disk.FreeSpace

To extract the values only and assign them to a variable:

$disk = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName remotecomputer -Filter "DeviceID='C:'" |
Foreach-Object {$_.Size,$_.FreeSpace}

edited Aug 28 '12 at 12:56

answered Aug 28 '12 at 12:42

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simply adding $disk.Size / 1GB makes the result more readable also. – ricky89 Jul 22 '15 at 08:51
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If you want to round the display to only show whole numbers, use `[Math]::Round($Disk.Freespace / 1GB)` – user4317867 Sep 24 '16 at 19:50
in powershell why does `1mb` return a value of `1048576` and not `1000000` ???? – oldboy Jan 01 '20 at 04:56
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@oldboy because it uses powers of 2: 2^20 vs. 10^6. It should indeed be written `1MiB` (with proper case) but is usually shown in lower case, without th "i". See [Mebibyte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebibyte). – Matthieu Mar 03 '20 at 12:09
@oldboy why mb, this time is long over, we are 000 further regarding memory. – Timo Nov 22 '20 at 19:27
I get an error "Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable." – James Dec 09 '20 at 14:03

score 74 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 22 '18 at 19:51

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Just one command simple sweet and clean but this only works for local disks

Get-PSDrive

You could still use this command on a remote server by doing a Enter-PSSession -Computername ServerName and then run the Get-PSDrive it will pull the data as if you ran it from the server.

edited Jun 22 '18 at 19:51

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answered Feb 23 '18 at 18:41

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To get only filesystem drives: `Get-PSDrive | ? { $_.Provider.Name -eq 'FileSystem' }` – zett42 Feb 26 '21 at 10:10
Is there any way to give this command with authentication credentials ? Say for example Enter-PSSession -Computername 10.167.162.61 --user --password ? – rinilnath Apr 19 '22 at 06:06

mweisel · Answer 4 · 2013-08-10T05:14:49.817

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I created a PowerShell advanced function (script cmdlet) a while back that allows you to query multiple computers.

The code for the function is a little over 100 lines long, so you can find it here: PowerShell version of the df command

Check out the Usage section for examples. The following usage example queries a set of remote computers (input from the PowerShell pipeline) and displays the output in a table format with numeric values in human-readable form:

PS> $cred = Get-Credential -Credential 'example\administrator'
PS> 'db01','dc01','sp01' | Get-DiskFree -Credential $cred -Format | Format-Table -GroupBy Name -AutoSize

   Name: DB01

Name Vol Size  Used  Avail Use% FS   Type
---- --- ----  ----  ----- ---- --   ----
DB01 C:  39.9G 15.6G 24.3G   39 NTFS Local Fixed Disk
DB01 D:  4.1G  4.1G  0B     100 CDFS CD-ROM Disc


   Name: DC01

Name Vol Size  Used  Avail Use% FS   Type
---- --- ----  ----  ----- ---- --   ----
DC01 C:  39.9G 16.9G 23G     42 NTFS Local Fixed Disk
DC01 D:  3.3G  3.3G  0B     100 CDFS CD-ROM Disc
DC01 Z:  59.7G 16.3G 43.4G   27 NTFS Network Connection


   Name: SP01

Name Vol Size   Used   Avail Use% FS   Type
---- --- ----   ----   ----- ---- --   ----
SP01 C:  39.9G  20G    19.9G   50 NTFS Local Fixed Disk
SP01 D:  722.8M 722.8M 0B     100 UDF  CD-ROM Disc

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answered Jun 15 '13 at 19:11

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I would like to use this function, but the blogspot domain is blocked for me. Could you please include the function here? – Kevin Panko Jun 05 '15 at 16:40
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the same link on web archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20150614115736/http://binarynature.blogspot.ro/2010/04/powershell-version-of-df-command.html – Thomas BDX Jun 14 '15 at 11:57
Get-DiskFree does not appear to be available in PowerShell 2.0 – Geoff Dawdy Apr 27 '20 at 16:28
Please don't post link to code, but code itself. – Matthieu Jan 28 '21 at 10:40
@Matthieu as long as the link is valid, there are advantages in doing so i.e. whenever you update the code there, everybody gets the new version. – Marcello Miorelli Apr 24 '21 at 08:53
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@MarcelloMiorelli of course, but at least explain what the code does and how it works. I've seen way too many answers giving a link that ultimately died, rendering the whole answer useless. – Matthieu Apr 24 '21 at 15:37
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@Matthieu Yeah, you're right, I have seen that too, quite too often really – Marcello Miorelli Apr 24 '21 at 20:21

score 13 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 16:24

There are two issues I encountered with the other suggestions

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Access is denied

The alternative that doesn't suffer from these issues is to use GetDiskFreeSpaceEx with a UNC path:

function getDiskSpaceInfoUNC($p_UNCpath, $p_unit = 1tb, $p_format = '{0:N1}')
{
    # unit, one of --> 1kb, 1mb, 1gb, 1tb, 1pb
    $l_typeDefinition = @' 
        [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)] 
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] 
        public static extern bool GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(string lpDirectoryName, 
            out ulong lpFreeBytesAvailable, 
            out ulong lpTotalNumberOfBytes, 
            out ulong lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes); 
'@
    $l_type = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $l_typeDefinition -Name Win32Utils -Namespace GetDiskFreeSpaceEx -PassThru

    $freeBytesAvailable     = New-Object System.UInt64 # differs from totalNumberOfFreeBytes when per-user disk quotas are in place
    $totalNumberOfBytes     = New-Object System.UInt64
    $totalNumberOfFreeBytes = New-Object System.UInt64

    $l_result = $l_type::GetDiskFreeSpaceEx($p_UNCpath,([ref]$freeBytesAvailable),([ref]$totalNumberOfBytes),([ref]$totalNumberOfFreeBytes)) 

    $totalBytes     = if($l_result) { $totalNumberOfBytes    /$p_unit } else { '' }
    $totalFreeBytes = if($l_result) { $totalNumberOfFreeBytes/$p_unit } else { '' }

    New-Object PSObject -Property @{
        Success   = $l_result
        Path      = $p_UNCpath
        Total     = $p_format -f $totalBytes
        Free      = $p_format -f $totalFreeBytes
    } 
}

Thanks, nice solution but do we have similar function to get UNCpath for the all the user — user149621, Jul 28 '17 at 11:22
Does the PowerShell method for mapped drives when not used by TaskScheduler? — Bill Greer, Jan 28 '19 at 21:45

score 11 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 21:19

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Another way is casting a string to a WMI object:

$size = ([wmi]"\\remotecomputer\root\cimv2:Win32_logicalDisk.DeviceID='c:'").Size
$free = ([wmi]"\\remotecomputer\root\cimv2:Win32_logicalDisk.DeviceID='c:'").FreeSpace

Also you can divide the results by 1GB or 1MB if you want different units:

$disk = ([wmi]"\\remotecomputer\root\cimv2:Win32_logicalDisk.DeviceID='c:'")
"Remotecomputer C: has {0:#.0} GB free of {1:#.0} GB Total" -f ($disk.FreeSpace/1GB),($disk.Size/1GB) | write-output

Output is: Remotecomputer C: has 252.7 GB free of 298.0 GB Total

answered Sep 17 '12 at 21:19

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See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11026687/server-management-need-script-to-monitor-free-space-on-server and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56715/best-way-to-query-disk-space-on-remote-server – Greg Bray Sep 17 '12 at 21:21
@BillGreer Don't know offhand but I've often found WMI calls slower than PS. You can yourself test with Measure-Command but make sure to run it a bunch of times and average the results. – duct_tape_coder Apr 25 '19 at 18:06

score 8 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 14 '17 at 19:34

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Get-PSDrive C | Select-Object @{ E={$_.Used/1GB}; L='Used' }, @{ E={$_.Free/1GB}; L='Free' }

edited Dec 14 '17 at 19:34

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score 7 · Answer 8 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 22:24

Command-line:

powershell gwmi Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName remotecomputer -Filter "DriveType=3" ^|
select Name, FileSystem,FreeSpace,BlockSize,Size ^| % {$_.BlockSize=
(($_.FreeSpace)/($_.Size))*100;$_.FreeSpace=($_.FreeSpace/1GB);$_.Size=($_.Size/1GB);$_}
^| Format-Table Name, @{n='FS';e={$_.FileSystem}},@{n='Free, Gb';e={'{0:N2}'-f
$_.FreeSpace}}, @{n='Free,%';e={'{0:N2}'-f $_.BlockSize}},@{n='Capacity ,Gb';e={'{0:N3}'
-f $_.Size}} -AutoSize

Output:

Name FS   Free, Gb Free,% Capacity ,Gb

---- --   -------- ------ ------------

C:   NTFS 16,64    3,57   465,752

D:   NTFS 43,63    9,37   465,759

I:   NTFS 437,59   94,02  465,418

N:   NTFS 5,59     0,40   1 397,263

O:   NTFS 8,55     0,96   886,453

P:   NTFS 5,72     0,59   976,562

command-line:

wmic logicaldisk where DriveType="3" get caption, VolumeName, VolumeSerialNumber, Size, FileSystem, FreeSpace

out:

Caption  FileSystem  FreeSpace     Size           VolumeName  VolumeSerialNumber

C:       NTFS        17864343552   500096991232   S01         EC641C36

D:       NTFS        46842589184   500104687616   VM1         CAF2C258

I:       NTFS        469853536256  499738734592   V8          6267CDCC

N:       NTFS        5998840832    1500299264512  Vm-1500     003169D1

O:       NTFS        9182349312    951821143552   DT01        A8FC194C

P:       NTFS        6147043840    1048575144448  DT02        B80A0F40

command-line:

wmic logicaldisk where Caption="C:" get caption, VolumeName, VolumeSerialNumber, Size, FileSystem, FreeSpace

out:

Caption  FileSystem  FreeSpace    Size          VolumeName  VolumeSerialNumber

C:       NTFS        17864327168  500096991232  S01         EC641C36

command-line:

dir C:\ /A:DS | find "free"

out:
               4 Dir(s)  17 864 318 976 bytes free

dir C:\ /A:DS /-C | find "free"

out:
               4 Dir(s)     17864318976 bytes free

`wmic logicaldisk get size` doesnt account for reserved space tho... in powershell `get-volume` returns the practical total size (i.e. minus reserved space), but then when i try `get-volume | format-list size` it says the total size plus the reserved space... how do i get the total size minus reserved space for each drive with powershell??? — oldboy, Jan 01 '20 at 04:03

score 6 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 07 '20 at 16:40

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Just found Get-Volume command, which returns SizeRemaining, so something like (Get-Volume -DriveLetter C).SizeRemaining / (1e+9) can be used to see remained Gb for disk C. Seems works faster than Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk.

answered Aug 07 '20 at 16:40

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quux · Answer 10 · 2015-05-08T01:45:35.327

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PS> Get-CimInstance -ComputerName bobPC win32_logicaldisk | where caption -eq "C:" | foreach-object {write " $($_.caption) $('{0:N2}' -f ($_.Size/1gb)) GB total, $('{0:N2}' -f ($_.FreeSpace/1gb)) GB free "}  
C: 117.99 GB total, 16.72 GB free 

PS>

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answered May 07 '15 at 17:49

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Nathan, I rolled back your edit. This shows the output given, which is valuable to those selecting an answer for its results. It's one line to copy & paste. – quux May 08 '15 at 01:46

lynx_74 · Answer 11 · 2021-05-14T01:42:12.080

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On PowerShell:

"FreeSpace C:  " + [math]::Round((Get-Volume -DriveLetter C).SizeRemaining / 1Gb) + " GB"

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answered May 14 '21 at 00:46

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Nice because it passes filters down to source. I prefer efficiency (and simplicity, use built-in filter). – yzorg Apr 04 '23 at 15:42

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 04 '16 at 05:46

I know of psExec tools which you can download from here

There comes a psinfo.exe from the tools package. The basic usage is in the following manner in powershell/cmd.

However you could have a lot of options with it

Usage: psinfo [[\computer[,computer[,..] | @file [-u user [-p psswd]]] [-h] [-s] [-d] [-c [-t delimiter]] [filter]

\computer Perform the command on the remote computer or computers specified. If you omit the computer name the command runs on the local system, and if you specify a wildcard (\*), the command runs on all computers in the current domain.

@file   Run the command on each computer listed in the text file specified.
-u  Specifies optional user name for login to remote computer.
-p  Specifies optional password for user name. If you omit this you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.
-h  Show list of installed hotfixes.
-s  Show list of installed applications.
-d  Show disk volume information.
-c  Print in CSV format.
-t  The default delimiter for the -c option is a comma, but can be overriden with the specified character.

filter Psinfo will only show data for the field matching the filter. e.g. "psinfo service" lists only the service pack field.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 15 '15 at 13:58

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I remote into the computer using Enter-PSsession pcName then I type Get-PSDrive

That will list all drives and space used and remaining. If you need to see all the info formated, pipe it to FL like this: Get-PSdrive | FL *

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score 0 · Answer 14 · edited Mar 04 '16 at 22:26

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I created this simple function to help me. This makes my calls a lot easier to read that having inline an Get-WmiObject, Where-Object statements, etc.

function GetDiskSizeInfo($drive) {
    $diskReport = Get-WmiObject Win32_logicaldisk
    $drive = $diskReport | Where-Object { $_.DeviceID -eq $drive}

    $result = @{
        Size = $drive.Size
        FreeSpace = $drive.Freespace
    }
    return $result
}

$diskspace = GetDiskSizeInfo "C:"
write-host $diskspace.FreeSpace " " $diskspace.Size

edited Mar 04 '16 at 22:26

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OP was "Remote Computer". This didn't work for me on mounted drive, but that was probably on my end... – Yumi Koizumi Jul 01 '19 at 00:04

Darkseal · Answer 15 · 2018-10-19T15:02:47.507

In case you want to check multiple drive letters and/or filter between local and network drives, you can use PowerShell to take advantage of the Win32_LogicalDisk WMI class. Here's a quick example:

$localVolumes = Get-WMIObject win32_volume;

foreach ($vol in $localVolumes) {
  if ($vol.DriveLetter -ne $null ) {
    $d = $vol.DriveLetter[0];
    if ($vol.DriveType -eq 3) {
      Write-Host ("Drive " + $d + " is a Local Drive");
    }
    elseif ($vol.DriveType -eq 4) {
      Write-Host ("Drive" + $d + " is a Network Drive");
    }
    else {
      // ... and so on
    }

    $drive = Get-PSDrive $d;
    Write-Host ("Used space on drive " + $d + ": " + $drive.Used + " bytes. `r`n");
    Write-Host ("Free space on drive " + $d + ": " + $drive.Free + " bytes. `r`n");
  }
}

I used the above technique to create a Powershell script that checks all drives and send an e-mail alert whenever they go below a user-defined quota. You can get it from this post on my blog.

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Nov 05 '19 at 22:41

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PowerShell Fun

Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -Computername <ServerName> -Credential $(get-credential) | Select DeviceID,VolumeName,FreeSpace,Size | where {$_.DeviceID -eq "C:"}

answered Nov 05 '19 at 22:41

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 04 '23 at 15:34

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"FreeSpace C: {0:n3} GB" -f ((Get-Volume -DriveLetter C).SizeRemaining / 1Gb)

answered Apr 04 '23 at 15:34

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@lynx_74 answer but format instead of calling `[Math]::Round()`, .NET built-in format string `n3`, or like `{0:0.000}`. `{0:n0}` would round like lynx, but I prefer seeing more precision. – yzorg Apr 04 '23 at 15:36
`-f` is "format operator" in PowerShell – yzorg Apr 04 '23 at 15:36

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