The program then reads the directory tree (within a minute or two, depending on the size of the disk) and presents the information shown in Figure 1. Upon launch, WinDirStat prompts you to select whether to scan all local drives, an individual drive, or a specific folder. To use WinDirStat, download the windirstat setup.exe installer file and double-click it to start the installation.
#DISK INVENTORY X WINDOWA FOR MAC OS#
Similar tools called Disk Inventory X and GrandPerspective are available for Mac OS X. A few Linux alternatives are KDirStat, upon which WinDirStat was created, and Baobab. WinDirStat is an open source, graphical disk analyzer for Windows that provides usage statistics and cleanup functionality.
Both utilities are freeware, although SpaceSniffer calls itself "donationware" and appreciates contributions, large or small. WinDirStat and SpaceSniffer run in any version of Windows, and each does a great job of inspecting and freeing up Windows disk space to optimize the performance of smaller SSDs.
You can use Windows Explorer (Windows 7 and previous) or File Explorer (Windows 8) to check partition space and search for files by size, but we use a few utilities that provide value-adds and make this task much easier. Managing free disk space on computers and devices is a bigger issue now than it used to be, thanks to the proliferation of 32-, 64-, and 128-GB solid-state drives (SSDs) as "typical" for low-end tablets and notebooks.
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