How to find the size of your hard drive using a DOS command

There are other easier ways of finding the size of your hard drive but this tutorial will show you how to do it using only DOS command.

1. Open the 'run' window by going to the start menu>run (or Winkey + R).
2. Type 'cmd' and press enter and the black DOS window will open
3. Type the following to see the details for C: drive.

'fsutil volume diskfree C:'

4. You will be shown something similar to the following :

Total # of free bytes : 748716032
Total # of bytes : 69265047552
Total # of avail free bytes : 748716032

5. These numbers may be abit confusing so it is best to convert them to Gigabytes or Megabytes using a converter off the net. Here is a link to the converter i used which produced the following results :

Total # of free Mb : 714.03125
Total # of Gb : 64.5081
Total # of avail free Mb : 714.03125

Microsoft Windows version release dates

Windows 1.0 - November 1985

Windows 2.0 - December 1987

Windows 3.0 - May 1990

Windows 3.1 - April 1992

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - February 1994

WinNT 3.51 - June 1995

Windows 95 - August 1995

Windows NT4 - August 1996

Windows 95 OSR2 - October 1996

Windows 98 - June 1998

Windows 98SE- May 1999

Windows 2000- February 2000

Windows Me - July 2000

Windows XP - October 2001

Windows Server 2003 - 2003

Windows XP 64-bit - 2003

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs - July 2006

Windows Vista (Business Customers) - November 2006

Windows Vista (Retail Customers) - January 2007

Windows 7 - October 2009

Display hidden files and folders on your PC

Windows XP

Go to My Computer>Tools>Folder Options>View tab and put a marker next to 'Show hidden files and folders.

Windows Vista

Go to Computer>Tools>Folder Options>View tab and put a marker next to 'Show hidden files and folders.