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MetaMan

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WinDerStat
« on: May 31, 2007, 07:32:55 PM »
I just found this amazing utility called WinDirStat.  Basically, you select a drive or directory on your computer, and it opens an explorer pane.  The great thing, though, is that it also has a graphical component!  In another pane, it shows every file on your computer as a colored rectangle.  The larger the rectangle, the larger the file.  Also, the rectangles are color-coded by file type, and there is an accompanying legend.  The rectangles are grouped into larger rectangles of files in the same directory, which are then grouped into their containing  directories, and so on.  It really is a great way to find out how your hard drive is being used.  Today, it helped me clear 25 GB of unused temporary and log files!  I recommend this to everyone.

I also found another tool, called HDGraph.  It works in a very similar way, but it uses a pie-graph to show the proportional size of directories and sub-directories.  It only shows directories, not individual files, and has no explorer pane, but it does show free space, which helps visualize how much of your hard drive is being used.  I personally like WinDirStat better, but this is helpful when trying to find large folders.

Both of these are open-source projects hosted on Sourceforge.net.  Both are deserving of an article on CyberNet.  I urge everyone here to check them both out, and to list any other similar tools that they know of.
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Re: WinDerStat
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2007, 01:35:36 AM »
I use this software regularly at work. Its so useful when ure trying to figure out why a hard drive is suddenly full. Theres a Mac version as well somewhere
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Re: WinDerStat
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2007, 08:48:33 PM »
That is an awesome program...and definitely deserves to be written about. Nice find MetaMan!

I'm just trying to figure out how this post didn't show up in my list of unread ones. I just accidentally came across it!
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Re: WinDerStat
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2007, 07:11:02 AM »
WinDirStats hasnt been updated in a long time. I wonder if the Project has hit a dead end. :-[
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