For Windows do this:
- Go to the command-line: Start->Run, type “cmd”, and press Enter
- Type the following, press Enter, then wait until it’s finished:
dir /s /a-d c:\
For the non-technical folk, “dir” lists the directory’s contents. “/s” means include sub-directories, and “/a-d” means exclude directories from the listing.
You Apple and Linux people can post how to do it in the Comments section.
Post your total from all your hard-drives.
Here’s my work laptop. I’ll post my home computer’s tonight.
Total Files Listed:
339875 File(s) 33,966,350,671 bytes
How long dose it usualy take to get ur results? my windows 7 goes on and on it seems it will never stop
it takes about a day.
this is a pointless time consuming task that could take forever to give you a number
It appears that James has quite succinctly discovered and articulated the point of this blog
55 responses to this post so far. His won’t be the last.
Told ya:
http://goo.gl/pZIrY
Is the he.. or his…me or the other fella? Hey when the new popcorn bags arrive I will send some out…with popcorn in them…
189,069 files 95GB
:: /S to include files in all directories beneath:: /A-D to exclude directories:: /W to reduce the amount of data from dir@DIR C:\ /S /A-D /W | sed -n -e "/Total Files Listed/,/free/p":: /S to include files in all directories beneath:: /A-D to exclude directories:: /W to reduce the amount of data from dir@DIR C:\ /S /A-D /W | sed -n -e "/Total Files Listed/,/free/p"UTS error!