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SequoiaView, WinDirStat, etc. - great for HDD cleanups!

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mouser:
sequoia and windirstat looks very cool, going to give those a try.

brotherS:
In https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3323.0, noth(a)nk.you told us about OverDisk:



I still think WinDirStat (free!) has the best interface:



Get it at http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/

patteo:
Here's a freebie

MemeCode - i.Disk
"Ever wanted to know where all the used space on your hard disk was hiding?

i.Disk scans directory trees and displays the total space used by each directory in an easy to use form. You can drill down into the directorys to understand the layout of space. And when you want to clean up your disk there are same handy tools there to help. The directory called '.' is the space used by files in the base directory you are scanning from."
http://www.memecode.com/idisk.php




But why bother if you have a good Dual Pane File Manager like Directory Opus

Utilities such as these are great, but ever since I started using Directory Opus, I have found no need for such utilities since Directory Opus also shows you the space taken up by each directory and more importantly, you are right within a dual pane file manager on steriods and there's no need to switch out to another program to do your file management.

brotherS:
IMHO such tools do not replace a file manager (and vice versa). What's great about WinDirStat is that you can see not only how big folders are but also if that's caused by a few big files or lots of small files - with one glance!

wr975:

I like using Scanner. Simple & easy. Just right-click a folder to delete it.

http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware







Just wondering if this happens on my machine only. Rarely I find several hundred MB of data in C:\RECYCLER (system folder, recycle bin) even if I emptied the recycle bin and Windows told me it's empty.

Looking in C:\RECYCLE I see at least two folders named llike

S-1-5-21-4147852415-1003663588-2812303019-1119
...

One of them contains the data "Scanner.exe" found. I can erase this one folder, while the other one is protected by Windows (obviously the true recycle bin).

Anyone experienced the same?

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