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Note: This API call is for DOS personality only. Use Family API for portability.
Int 21H, AH=36H
Version
2 and higher
Brief
GET FREE DISK SPACE
Family API
Input
AH = 36h DL = drive number (00h = default, 01h = A:, etc)
Return
AX = FFFFh if invalid drive
else AX = sectors per cluster BX = number of free clusters CX = bytes per sector DX = total clusters on drive
Notes
free space on drive in bytes is AX * BX * CX total space on drive in bytes is AX * CX * DX "lost clusters" are considered to be in use according to Dave Williams' MS-DOS reference, the value in DX is incorrect for non-default drives after ASSIGN is run this function does not return proper results on CD-ROMs; use AX=4402h"CD-ROM" instead (FAT32 drive) the reported total and free space are limited to 2G-32K should they exceed that value
See also
AH=1Bh,AH=1Ch,AX=4402h“CD-ROM”,AX=7303h
Note
Text based on Ralf Brown Interrupt List Release 61