Tag: WINDIRSTAT

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Scanner lets you visualize disk space usage using a futuristic-looking, color-coded pie chart. Having tested it, I must say it does not come close in usefulness (or even visual appeal, but that's subjective) to WinDirStat, which is my go-to for this type of thing. Pros: Once scanning is done, navigation is very snappy. It looks nice! Easily remove unwanted files using the context menu ...

DriveSpacio is a free Windows utility for examinging hard drive usage. When you first boot the program you'll get a list of each hard drive and partition on your system, along with, some details like the files system, cluster size, and a pie chart or bar graph showing used and free space. But the fun really begins when you click on the Folders section. You can choose a folder, or an entire ...

digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/01/04/xinorbis-hard-core-hard-drive-analyzer/"; If you're the sort of person who starts to feel like your new PC with the 250GB hard drive is running out of space about two days after you bring it home from the store, hard disk space analyzers can be your best friend. While we're big fans of WinDirStat for finding the largest files and folders ...

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 ...