JedClampett Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) On Windows XP & SP3 is there an applet that will run in the taskbar, that would show in realtime the amount of free space on the hard disks please? So one can keep an eye on the total/used/free count for all hard drives?I have tried to find something like this online, but mostly they are complex apps that need to be run, so there's not much difference in doing the Start->My Computer thing.If not, would it be a hard thing to write this program myself?TIAJed Edited November 8, 2011 by JedClampett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 The only simple app I know that can do it is Jon Grieve's Disk Space Monitor (find it here). It sits on the tray, however, and requires one icon per logical disk, but I like it a lot. Moreover, it was created for the Classic Skin, so it has a hardcoded silver frame that I'd love to change into blue, but all my attempts to do it, up to now, didn't succeed. It also displays decimal byte multiplyers (1kB = 1000 bytes), but that's not a problem for one who just wants the graphic display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 It might not exactly be your request but bginfo can report free space on the desktop background and not in the taskbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlotteTheHarlot Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Unfortunately, this one is *not* a SysTray app. You just leave it open down on the Taskbar.DriveMeter by Joe Lippeatt .However, it is freeware and working in Win9x (unlike lots of these apps that either require .NET or XP/Vista for some reason).Whoops. Sorry, the homepage seems to be dead. So is the download link.homepage: http://www2.netropolis.net/domag/drivemeterfile: http://www2.netropolis.net/domag/drivemeter/dmfiles.zipI'm sure it will turn up eventually. Google the given info and filename for leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 bginfo can report free space on the desktop background and not in the taskbar.and not real time (reads it at logon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Depends on what you're looking for. I just threw this together, lots really depend on what you are looking for. Edited November 9, 2011 by Glenn9999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Came across Free HDD Led, it seems to be close to what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedClampett Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) Thanks for all the replies thus far.This looks OK for what I need Glen:Depends on what you're looking for. I just threw this together, lots really depend on what you are looking for.Is it - the 32 bit exe - available for download please?Jed Edited November 16, 2011 by JedClampett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) Is it - the 32 bit exe - available for download please?Here you go. Like was said, this was thrown together pretty quickly, so really not too much fancy about it. I added an "add to startup" option after I posted the screen shot, but other than that, all it does is query the information for all non-removable (fixed) disks and shows the information in the Notification Tray with the icon as a Hint phrase (limit 128 characters, so probably will not show all of more than 2 or 3 drives). Hope it works out. Edited November 16, 2011 by Glenn9999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedClampett Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) Just got round to d/l it now. Will install and report back. Thanks for doing that Glen! I get so distracted, trying to get my head around several things at once - learning about streaming chat servers now, red5 and Radical Flash Chat! Then there was Driver Packs and UXPCD, and all the other stuff like sox, ices, and icecast streaming audio server on Centos! That's just a few things to mention - LOL.Jed Edited December 6, 2011 by JedClampett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I tried it few days ago and I liked it. It would be really nice if more partitions were displayed...Is it not possible to increase the limit of characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 (edited) I tried it few days ago and I liked it. It would be really nice if more partitions were displayed...Is it not possible to increase the limit of characters?Not as a hint string. I could make it so it shows a dialog message if you clicked the icon. Or show the text as a hint bubble (limit 256 characters, but a lot of systems are set up to not show those). Or a little form at the bottom. Not sure what would be best, yet.If there's enough interest (like I said, it was just something I threw together quickly), I could look at it again and make it more polished than it currently is. Edited December 7, 2011 by Glenn9999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Wouldn't it be possible to reduce the number of letters used for each drive?Ex.Now it'sDrive C:\ 8408,96 MB free of 12001,65 total MBWhat if you make itC:\ 8409MB of 12002MB totalor even simplerC: 8409 / 12002 MBWouldn't more partitions be displayed then? Edited December 7, 2011 by tomasz86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn9999 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Wouldn't it be possible to reduce the number of letters used for each drive?Wouldn't more partitions be displayed then? Sure, and I already have in the version I have here. The problem is there would still be the 128 character upper limit Windows imposes in using the hint text (the text allows for 4 drives then). I looked into this some more and it looks like the best options available are to guarantee as much text can be displayed as needed: 1) either use a regular message box or 2) a text box api call I found in HTML Help. Going either direction, there shouldn't be an appreciable limit to text. Any other good suggestions? Do other kinds of drives need to be displayed? Are the text lines working or should they be displayed in a different way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomasz86 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Well, I really like the simplicity of it Would you mind sharing the version you're using now?I wonder if it's possible to have two partitions listed in one line, ex.C: 5000 / 10000 MB | D: 5000 / 10000 MBE: 5000 / 10000 MB | F: 5000 / 10000 MBetc.At least 5-6 partitions could be displayed by doing so. Of course it's not the ultimate solution but probably better than the 2.5 lines (3 partitions) displayed now Edited December 7, 2011 by tomasz86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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