Disk Management Functions

The following functions are used in disk management.

In this section

Function	Description
GetDiskFreeSpace	Retrieves information about the specified disk, including the amount of free space on the disk.
GetDiskFreeSpaceEx	Retrieves information about the amount of space that is available on a disk volume, which is the total amount of space, the total amount of free space, and the total amount of free space available to the user that is associated with the calling thread.

Other functions used in disk management.

Function	Description
CreateFile	Creates or opens a file or I/O device. The most commonly used I/O devices are as follows: file, file stream, directory, physical disk, volume, console buffer, tape drive, communications resource, mailslot, and pipe.
DeleteFile	Deletes an existing file.