Windows enable quota
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- Open the disk properties window, on which you want to enable quotas, go to the Quota tab. Then click Show Quota Settings:
- To enable the quotas for this volume, check Enable quota management.
- Deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit – prevent users who have exceeded the quota limit from writing to disk;
- Limit disk space to — set a limit on the total size of files for one user;
- Click on the Quota Entries button. You will see a resulting table showing quotas and the current size of the space used by each user (whose files are found on file system)
- You must disable quotas for the system accounts NT Service\TrustedInstaller and NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, otherwise Windows may not work correctly.
references: How to Enable and Configure User Disk Quotas in Windows? | Windows OS Hub (woshub.com)