Disk Quota Management in Windows Vista

Posted Date: 19-Jun-2010	Category: Microsoft Windows	Rating:
Author: Raghav	Member Level: Gold	Points: 15

Disk Quota Management allows the administrators to allot disk space for each user on the NTFS formatted disk volume. This will help in making use of better file management practices. In this article you will learn more about Disk quota management in Windows Vista.

Disk quota management in Windows Vista

First Open Computer.

Then right-click the volume you want to enable disk quotas on and select Properties.

Then select the Quota tab

Now click the Show Quota Settings button.

Then continue through the UAC prompt.

Now click the Enable Quota Management checkbox.

Now check the Deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit checkbox so that users will receive an insufficient disk space error when they exceed quota limits.

Then select the Limit disk space radio button and input the desired amount of space using the textbox and dropdown.

Input the desired amount of space that you wish the user to receive a warning at.

Now click the OK button.

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