PowerTip: Use PowerShell 3.0 to Find Size of Volumes and Partitions

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 to find the size of disks, partitions, and volumes.

 How can I find disk space information for disks, partitions, and volumes on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012?

 Use the Get-Disk, Get-Partition, and Get-Volume functions.

Note   This command requires Admin rights.

An example is shown here:

15:23 C:\> Get-Disk | Get-Partition | Get-Volume

 DriveLetter  FileSystemLabel FileSystem  DriveType   HealthStatus SizeRemaining     Size

———–  ———– ———-  ———   ———– ———–        —-

E                        FAT32       Removable   Healthy         3.74 GB     3.74 GB

System R…      NTFS        Fixed              Healthy       108.76 MB      350 MB

C                        NTFS        Fixed              Healthy        95.03 GB   148.71 GB

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