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  • M MatthysDT

    I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

    A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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    Simon P Stevens
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    I've used TreeSize[^] recently and quite liked it.

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    • M MatthysDT

      I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

      A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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      SimonS
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      Will take a look, thanks. Been using Treesize[^] for a while and am quite happy.

      Cheers, Simon > company:: Broken Keyboards Software > VS add for delicious BKS-Delicious > skype :: SimonMStewart > CV :: PDF

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        Will take a look, thanks. Been using Treesize[^] for a while and am quite happy.

        Cheers, Simon > company:: Broken Keyboards Software > VS add for delicious BKS-Delicious > skype :: SimonMStewart > CV :: PDF

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        Simon P Stevens
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        Thought for a second I'd accidently posted twice. :laugh:

        Simon

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        • S Simon P Stevens

          Thought for a second I'd accidently posted twice. :laugh:

          Simon

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          MatthysDT
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          Which one is the Evil twin? :laugh:

          A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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          • S Simon P Stevens

            Thought for a second I'd accidently posted twice. :laugh:

            Simon

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            SimonS
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            Me too. Thought, did I say this already? Evidentally, "I" had.

            Cheers, Simon > company:: Broken Keyboards Software > VS add for delicious BKS-Delicious > skype :: SimonMStewart > CV :: PDF

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            • T toxcct

              you might be kidding... those reports are awful... :~ i prefer JDiskReport[^] (please anyone try it before saying anything against Java)

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              Simon Capewell
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              Hey, a Java app that doesn't look like a Java app. How novel! I tend to use WinDirStat without the treemap, but the reports in JDiskReport are pretty nice. WinDirStat does let you delete offendingly large files without having to resort to explorer though.

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              • T toxcct

                you might be kidding... those reports are awful... :~ i prefer JDiskReport[^] (please anyone try it before saying anything against Java)

                [VisualCalc][Binary Guide][CommDialogs] | [Forums Guidelines]

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                Cedric Moonen
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                Yep I confirm. Pretty cool app :)

                Cédric Moonen Software developer
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                • M MatthysDT

                  I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

                  A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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                  Rohde
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                  Thanks. I've been looking for just such a program. I'm downloading it right now....


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                  -Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

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                  • M MatthysDT

                    I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

                    A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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                    Garth Watkins
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                    Overdisk http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/overdisk.html[^] It's simple and free.

                    Cheers Garth Some days it's not even worth chewing through the restraints

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                    • M MatthysDT

                      I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

                      A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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                      Rajesh R Subramanian
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                      On a not-verymuch-related note, I'd like to say JKDefrag[^] is an excellent disk defragmentation program. :)

                      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->Rajesh<-·´¯`·. Codeproject.com: Visual C++ MVP

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                      • M MatthysDT

                        I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

                        A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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                        Hans Dietrich
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                        I've been looking for a program like that, that displays registry hive usage instead of disk. Does anyone know of one?

                        Best wishes, Hans


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                        • M MatthysDT

                          I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

                          A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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                          realJSOP
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                          I prefer a combination of MyOwnEyes and UsingMyBrain. They came pre-installed on me when I was born, and they seem to work pretty well.

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                          • M MatthysDT

                            I've been looking for an app to help me manage my diskspace usage for quite a while and eventually gave up. Best one I found was FolderSizes[^] (don't click it yet) which was unfortunately not free. Yesterday a colleague, not even knowing that I was in search of such an app, introduced me to WinDirStat[^] (this one you may click!) which is by far the most useful diskspace analyser I have ever used. The best part of it being that it's OpenSource software. So, hoping this is not common knowledge or a repost, I wanted to share this with anyone here who may be in need of disk-space. (Personally, I live like a little piggy on my harddrive, so this helped me a lot!) Regards!

                            A treat for all down voters...[^] "you can't forget something you never knew..." M. Du Toit

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                            peterchen
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                            I just wanted to ask you how if lives up to SequoiaView, but then I saw the screenshots :)

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                            • P Phil Martin

                              Have you ever tried SequoiaView[^] This is by far the most useful disk visualisation tool I've ever used. That's of course me saying it without trying WinDirStat :)

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                              Robert C Cartaino
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                              I've used both SequoiaView and WinDirStat for years and love them. They're essentially the same thing. I don't remember why I started preferring WinDirStat. They are great for quickly crawling through your directory structure to find out where your drive space has gone. You can quickly (and visually) find the largest projects/videos/songs/trash files you can delete to get back the most space with the least effort. If you get used to using the arrow keys to navigate your directory structure, you get a real feel for your directory and file layout and how your drive space is allocated.

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                              • P peterchen

                                I just wanted to ask you how if lives up to SequoiaView, but then I saw the screenshots :)

                                We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
                                blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighist

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                                CMTietgen
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                                There's an option for WinDirStat to set the TreeMap style to either KDirStat or SequoiaView, so I'd say it as close to SequoiaView as it can be. :-D CT

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