App to calc Files over LAN

FatRakoon · 25 Nov 2011 at 11:39

I am wondering...

Is there some app that can give me some kind of run-down of all the files that I have on all the PCs on my network?

Im really only needing to see the size of the shared drives, and the % used/free really.

I dont want to have to keep logging onto each PC just to get a quick look, so...

Alternatively, can it be done through the CLI? The NET command perhaps?

Thank in advance

LizardKing · 25 Nov 2011 at 11:51

Map a network drive to a share on each PC and windows will tell you how much free space is on the host's drive where that particular share resides

bledd · 25 Nov 2011 at 11:56

Part of pstools

Psinfo will do it

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649

FatRakoon · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:07

No, I dont want to Map a NetDrive, although I have been doing that.

The thing is that I have setup all my LAN PCs with either 2 drives or 2 partitions, and while its only D: that is shared, I have 8 PCs on my LAN that are used for LAN Gaming, plus my Server and my NAS that are already shared, makes 10 Networked drives.

Every time I open up My computer, it takes years to finish gathering up the info.

Ok, I am of course lying about that, I rarely have all those PCs on, plus whenever they are not on I get bombarded with the FAILED TO CONNECT TO NETWORKED drive messages all the time, but it takes longer than I need it to anyway... I want a single app that will just give me the info when I ask for it only.

Thanks though.

PSTOOLS / PSINFO?

Ok, I will check it out thanks.

Raumarik · 25 Nov 2011 at 12:48

Disconnect all drives except the ones on the NAS and then simply create shortcuts to them instead? That'll stop the "failed to connect to.." error messages.

Why on earth do you need so many shares drives when you have a NAS? Do you have a server?

You could also (this is a crude but effective way) put a startup script on each of the PCs which writes to a file either locally, on the NAS/space or on your PC with the space available on that PC. Heck even a simply command like

Dir d:\ >pathtologfile.txt
would be enough.

bledd · 25 Nov 2011 at 15:13

You know how to run commandline tools yes?

If not..

extract pstools to say C:\pstools\

then open cmd..

cd c:\pstools
psinfo /?

It'll tell you how to use it

You can make a bat file from this

FatRakoon · 25 Nov 2011 at 17:38

Halfmad said:
Disconnect all drives except the ones on the NAS and then simply create shortcuts to them instead? That'll stop the "failed to connect to.." error messages.

Thats going to get far too long winded and I might as well do it by hand that way anyway if it gets like this

Halfmad said:
Why on earth do you need so many shares drives when you have a NAS? Do you have a server?

Well, on a basic reason, the kids each have their own PC and I copy files around each PC, such as Music or Movies or whatever, plus I use ISO Images for games etc... They all have a copy of their own games.

The Server / NAS - At the moment yes, I am using both.

I was using a PC only but then I moved to the NAS.

The NAS is disgustingly slow and it only has 2TB in and its full and so I have had to go back to the PC.

I will eventually get rid of the NAS - It was a novelty that has simply wore off Im afraid.

Halfmad said:
You could also (this is a crude but effective way) put a startup script on each of the PCs which writes to a file either locally, on the NAS/space or on your PC with the space available on that PC. Heck even a simply command like
Dir d:\ >pathtologfile.txt
would be enough.

Yes I could do that, but again, this is NOT what I am after.

I need to have the information at the master PC.

Or, from this PC here, I need to go CLICK and a few seconds later, I will see that on Joshuas PC, he has 300MB left, and on Jessicas PC she has 120MB and on the Server there is 3K and on this PC there is 150 Billion TB left.

So, yeah, installing some software on each of the other PCs would be fine, but I need to have full control of that software on this one here.