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SpaceMonger - drive space treemap with labels
We've long been big fans of using WinDirStat on Windows computers to determine where all of our hard drive space had gone. But DLS reader Brian commented on our recent post about WinDirStat and mentioned that there is actually a predecessor called SpaceMonger that has been doing treemaps of Windows file systems since the days of Windows 95. While WinDirStat is certainly the more beautiful application, SpaceMonger is arguably more usable. SpaceMonger puts text labels right in the tree map that show you exactly what you're looking at in a glance. Whereas in WinDirStat you have to mouse over a box to see what it represents, in SpaceMonger you can clearly see.
The other great thing about SpaceMonger is its size. The freeware version, which works great on Windows XP, weighs in at only 212KB, and needs no installer. There is also a shareware version which adds the ability to customize the colors SpaceMonger uses to represent files and folders, as well as a number of other features and active support if you purchase a license.
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Subscribe to commentsBrian McBrideJul 30th 2007 1:50PM
Lookie me, I feel like a star!
Thanks for taking my comment about SpaceMonger. It is a great tool for graphic designers, like myself, who have to constantly battle on how much space they have free.
I purchased the shareware version and it has an option to install the license on a portable drive that way you can take it around with you and use it on multiple computers. I threw it on my thumb drive and I do keep it with me and just the other day it came in totally handy when my friends HD was full and I was able to help identify his old files that were eating up space - many of which he forgot were even there.
The new version is much larger though. The directory sums up to 3.73MB.