System.FreeDiskSpace property (Word)
Returns the available disk space for the current drive, in bytes. Use the ChDrive statement to change the current drive. Read-only Long.
Syntax
expression. FreeDiskSpace
expression A variable that represents a 'System' object.
Remarks
There are 1024 bytes in a kilobyte and 1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte. The maximum return value for the FreeDiskSpace property is 2,147,483,647. Therefore, even if you have four gigabytes of free disk space, it returns 2,147,483,647.
Example
This example checks the amount of free disk space. If there is less than 10 megabytes of space available, a message is displayed.
If (System.FreeDiskSpace \ 1048576) < 10 Then _
MsgBox "Low disk space"
See also
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