$drive_need = 150 #target D space minimum in GB #Windows powershell script to move files based on free space Logs what was moved and deleted to a text file on D drive Move (copy then delete) the related log file for showanalyzer in the recorded TV folder (see comment on the code below) Move (copy then delete) the oldest WTV file in the recorded TV folder If you can improve the code, please do!Ĭhecks the D drive for 150GB of space - stops if there is > 150GBĬheck the server for 200Gb of space - stops and emails a warning if If you can use something like this, give it a try, but test it out first on dummy folders. I'm sure that this code is terribly written, but it seems to work for me. I have zero previous knowledge of powershell. I searched but could not find a script to check the hard drive space, and move files as needed to the server, so I made the following script through trial and error. I'd get hell if Dancing With the Stars started disappearing! I needed an efficient way to move files to my WHS machine without having to constantly monitor it, or respond to MCE's warnings that it was about to delete recordings.

I tried the MCE addin for WHS, but it just wasn't what I wanted. I have a 1TB drive on my primary recording machine with 4 HD tuners, so it can fill up pretty fast.

I'm sure that many people here have setups where an HTPC box records TV files on a local drive, and eventually some of those files might be moved to a server or NAS with more storage.

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