Checking Free Disk Space on the System Drive

Hard disks with capacities measured in the hundreds of gigabytes are commonplace even in low-end systems nowadays, so disk space is much less of a problem than it used to be. However, remember that Windows Home Server has a system partition—drive C:—and that volume comes with a fixed 60GB size. With Windows Home Server taking up about 10- to 16GB (depending on the size of the paging file), you only have so much space left over to install other programs or store data in the Administrator account’s local folders. Therefore, it’s a good idea to keep track of how much free space you have on drive C:.

One way to check disk free space is to select Start, Computer. The Tiles view (select View, Tiles to see it) tells you the free space and the total size and displays the used portion of the disk in a graph, as shown in Figure 16.3. Alternatively, right-click drive C: in Windows Explorer and then click Properties. The system partition’s total capacity, as well as its current used and free space, appear in the General tab of the property sheet, as shown in Figure 16.4.