DriveInfo will help you with some of those (but it doesn't work with UNC paths), but really I think you will need to use GetDiskFreeSpaceEx. You can probably achieve some functionality with WMI. GetDiskFreeSpaceEx looks like your best bet.
Chances are you will probably have to clean up your paths to get it to work properly.
using System;
using System.Management;
ManagementObject disk = new
ManagementObject("win32_logicaldisk.deviceid="c:"");
disk.Get();
Console.WriteLine("Logical Disk Size = " + disk["Size"] + " bytes");
Console.WriteLine("Logical Disk FreeSpace = " + disk["FreeSpace"] + "
bytes");
Btw what is the outcome of free diskspace on c:\temp ? you will get the space free of c:\
I wanted a similar method for my project but in my case the input paths were either from local disk volumes or clustered storage volumes (CSVs). So DriveInfo class did not work for me. CSVs have a mount point under another drive, typically C:\ClusterStorage\Volume*. Note that C: will be a different Volume than C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1
This is what I finally came up with:
public static ulong GetFreeSpaceOfPathInBytes(string path)
{
if ((new Uri(path)).IsUnc)
{
throw new NotImplementedException("Cannot find free space for UNC path " + path);
}
ulong freeSpace = 0;
int prevVolumeNameLength = 0;
foreach (ManagementObject volume in
new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_Volume").Get())
{
if (UInt32.Parse(volume["DriveType"].ToString()) > 1 && // Is Volume monuted on host
volume["Name"] != null && // Volume has a root directory
path.StartsWith(volume["Name"].ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) // Required Path is under Volume's root directory
)
{
// If multiple volumes have their root directory matching the required path,
// one with most nested (longest) Volume Name is given preference.
// Case: CSV volumes monuted under other drive volumes.
int currVolumeNameLength = volume["Name"].ToString().Length;
if ((prevVolumeNameLength == 0 || currVolumeNameLength > prevVolumeNameLength) &&
volume["FreeSpace"] != null
)
{
freeSpace = ulong.Parse(volume["FreeSpace"].ToString());
prevVolumeNameLength = volume["Name"].ToString().Length;
}
}
}
if (prevVolumeNameLength > 0)
{
return freeSpace;
}
throw new Exception("Could not find Volume Information for path " + path);
}
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
{
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name);
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady == true)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
Console.WriteLine(
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes",
d.AvailableFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes",
d.TotalFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ",
d.TotalSize);
}
}
}
}
/*
This code produces output similar to the following:
Drive A:\
Drive type: Removable
Drive C:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: FAT32
Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
Drive D:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: NTFS
Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
Drive E:\
Drive type: CDRom
The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
granted to the user executing it.
*/
I had the same problem and i saw waruna manjula giving the best answer.
However writing it all down on the console is not what you might want.
To get string off al info use the following
Step one: declare values at begin
//drive 1
public static string drivename = "";
public static string drivetype = "";
public static string drivevolumelabel = "";
public static string drivefilesystem = "";
public static string driveuseravailablespace = "";
public static string driveavailablespace = "";
public static string drivetotalspace = "";
//drive 2
public static string drivename2 = "";
public static string drivetype2 = "";
public static string drivevolumelabel2 = "";
public static string drivefilesystem2 = "";
public static string driveuseravailablespace2 = "";
public static string driveavailablespace2 = "";
public static string drivetotalspace2 = "";
//drive 3
public static string drivename3 = "";
public static string drivetype3 = "";
public static string drivevolumelabel3 = "";
public static string drivefilesystem3 = "";
public static string driveuseravailablespace3 = "";
public static string driveavailablespace3 = "";
public static string drivetotalspace3 = "";
Step 2: actual code
DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
int drive = 1;
foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
{
if (drive == 1)
{
drivename = String.Format("Drive {0}", d.Name);
drivetype = String.Format("Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady == true)
{
drivevolumelabel = String.Format("Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
drivefilesystem = String.Format("File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
driveuseravailablespace = String.Format("Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", d.AvailableFreeSpace);
driveavailablespace = String.Format("Total available space:{0, 15} bytes", d.TotalFreeSpace);
drivetotalspace = String.Format("Total size of drive:{0, 15} bytes ", d.TotalSize);
}
drive = 2;
}
else if (drive == 2)
{
drivename2 = String.Format("Drive {0}", d.Name);
drivetype2 = String.Format("Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady == true)
{
drivevolumelabel2 = String.Format("Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
drivefilesystem2 = String.Format("File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
driveuseravailablespace2 = String.Format("Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", d.AvailableFreeSpace);
driveavailablespace2 = String.Format("Total available space:{0, 15} bytes", d.TotalFreeSpace);
drivetotalspace2 = String.Format("Total size of drive:{0, 15} bytes ", d.TotalSize);
}
drive = 3;
}
else if (drive == 3)
{
drivename3 = String.Format("Drive {0}", d.Name);
drivetype3 = String.Format("Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady == true)
{
drivevolumelabel3 = String.Format("Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
drivefilesystem3 = String.Format("File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
driveuseravailablespace3 = String.Format("Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", d.AvailableFreeSpace);
driveavailablespace3 = String.Format("Total available space:{0, 15} bytes", d.TotalFreeSpace);
drivetotalspace3 = String.Format("Total size of drive:{0, 15} bytes ", d.TotalSize);
}
drive = 4;
}
if (drive == 4)
{
drive = 1;
}
}
//part 2: possible debug - displays in output
//drive 1
Console.WriteLine(drivename);
Console.WriteLine(drivetype);
Console.WriteLine(drivevolumelabel);
Console.WriteLine(drivefilesystem);
Console.WriteLine(driveuseravailablespace);
Console.WriteLine(driveavailablespace);
Console.WriteLine(drivetotalspace);
//drive 2
Console.WriteLine(drivename2);
Console.WriteLine(drivetype2);
Console.WriteLine(drivevolumelabel2);
Console.WriteLine(drivefilesystem2);
Console.WriteLine(driveuseravailablespace2);
Console.WriteLine(driveavailablespace2);
Console.WriteLine(drivetotalspace2);
//drive 3
Console.WriteLine(drivename3);
Console.WriteLine(drivetype3);
Console.WriteLine(drivevolumelabel3);
Console.WriteLine(drivefilesystem3);
Console.WriteLine(driveuseravailablespace3);
Console.WriteLine(driveavailablespace3);
Console.WriteLine(drivetotalspace3);
I want to note that you can just make all the console writelines comment code, but i thought it would be nice for you to test it.
If you display all these after each other you get the same list as waruna majuna
Drive C:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: NTFS
Available space to current user: 134880153600 bytes
Total available space: 134880153600 bytes
Total size of drive: 499554185216 bytes
Drive D:\
Drive type: CDRom
Drive H:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label: HDD
File system: NTFS
Available space to current user: 2000010817536 bytes
Total available space: 2000010817536 bytes
Total size of drive: 2000263573504 bytes
However you can now acces all of the loose information at strings
Here is a refactored and simplified version of the @sasha_gud answer:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(string lpDirectoryName,
out ulong lpFreeBytesAvailable,
out ulong lpTotalNumberOfBytes,
out ulong lpTotalNumberOfFreeBytes);
public static ulong GetDiskFreeSpace(string path)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("path");
}
ulong dummy = 0;
if (!GetDiskFreeSpaceEx(path, out ulong freeSpace, out dummy, out dummy))
{
throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
}
return freeSpace;
}