Windows XP includes the Fsutil utility which can be used to query the size of a volume and the number of available
free space bytes.
I have scripted DriveSF.bat to return the drivesize and drivefree environment variables. The syntax
for using DriveSF.bat is:
call drivesf <Drive_Letter:>
Example:
call drivesf C:
DriveSF.bat contains:
@echo off
if {%1}=={} goto syntax
set drive=%1
if not "%drive:~1,1%" EQU ":" goto syntax
for /f "Skip=1 Tokens=*" %%i in ('fsutil volume diskfree %drive%') do set line=%%i&call :parse
set line=
set drive=
goto :EOF
:syntax
@echo Syntax DriveSF Drive_Letter:
set drive=
set drivesize=
set drivefree=
goto :EOF
:parse
if defined drivesize set drivefree=%line:~30,99%&goto :EOF
set drivesize=%line:~30,99%
NOTE: See tip 5351 » How can display drive information from the Windows XP command-line?