Most common questions used to investigate
Do you have a Windows 10 operating system?
Do you have an older Windows operating system?
Do you have a Mac operating system?
Do you have a Linux operating system?
Do you have a Solaris operating system?
Common conclusions
In Windows operating system, click the start menu. Next, look for a gear-shaped icon on the lower left-hand side of the start menu. Click on it to open the settings for your computer. This will open the setting page. Next, click on a computer-shaped icon on this page, and on the new page, look for a storage button on the upper left-hand side of the display page. When you click this button, you'll see the storage of each disk on your computer.
The easiest way to know the amount of used and free space on each drive on your computer is to navigate to Windows Explorer or press Windows + E. On the left-hand side, you'll find all the drives listed. Right-click on each disk and navigate to properties. A dialog box will open and will show you the amount of used and free space in that disk.
Open the Apple menu and you'll see a drop-down menu. Look for something called "About this Mac" and click it. This will open a page displaying information about the computer. Look for a tab called storage and click it to see the amount of available storage in each drive.
It is fairly easy to check the available disk space on your Linux computer. The easiest way is to go to the console and type the "df" command that will show the amount of used and available space on your Linux computer. If you use the "du" command, you can see the space occupied by specific files or directories.
To see the amount of available space on each disk on your Solaris operating system, navigate to the command line and type the command "df" command. To know the used and free space in kbytes, type "df -k" and you should get the information you want. But remember, you should be a superuser (admin in Windows terms) to be able to run this command.
If you have a specific reason to check the storage of your computer, you can use the commands specific to each operating system. Based on what you get, you can make an informed decision with respect to your storage needs. This is where you may need granular information like the space in kbytes.
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