Can I tell how many files I have on my HD

[PeterM]

My daughter was asking me if I can tell her how to check how many files she
has on her HD. She wanted to know because Spybot and Ad-Aware takes so long
because she has so many files. Is there a way I can tell her how many files
there are to check? I'm sure she likes to know how long it takes until the
check is finished. Many thanks..............Peter

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

If you want to just check the number of files - from a command prompt type:

cd\
dir /a/s

 

[Guest]

Is there any way you could be a bit more specific about this command Will.
Even myself, who is far from a beginner cannot get the command to work as you
have it. Does this command check the HDD for the number of files or a CD?
Specifying spaces and parameters is best for beginners, as well as entering
the command on a single line so they can see the exact way it is typed
instead of guessing if there are spaces or not. Thankyou.
For me the method goes like this. go>start\run and type in cmd and hit ok.
This opens the command line window then I simply type in dir /a/s being
sure to put a space after the dir and before the / . This(after some time of
scrolling) displays the total number of files and directories at the bottom.
This is for system files. If you go dir /? you will notice all the available
parameters that you can enter including under the /a you can find the number
of hidden files. Have fun.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Can I tell how many files I have on my HD

From: "PeterM" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 10/15/2004 10:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

My daughter was asking me if I can tell her how to check how many files she
has on her HD. She wanted to know because Spybot and Ad-Aware takes so long
because she has so many files. Is there a way I can tell her how many files
there are to check? I'm sure she likes to know how long it takes until the
check is finished. Many thanks..............Peter

From a "DOS" window, run chkdsk. Use chkdsk /I if your disk is NTFS, it's
faster.

Cheers,
John
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