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How can I tell the total amount of space used by a folder (including sub folders)?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
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A. There are two ways of doing this (there are more!), one using explorer and one from the command line. Using Explorer
Start Explorer (Win key + E or Start - Programs - Explorer)
Right click on the required folder and select properties
Under the General tab a size will be displayed and this is the total size of the folder and all sub-folders and their contents.
From the command line you can just use the dir command with /s qualifier which also lists all sub-directories, e.g.
dir/s d:savilltechhomepage
would list all files/folders in the savilltechhomepage directory and at the end the total size.
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