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Indicium
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Posted: 5th Dec 2009 18:35
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Hey

Well, my hard drive is quite small, on a laptop only 70gb and i have barely anything left, something like 10gb left,

i know i have 6gb of music, and that windows takes around 10gb, and on top of that, 10gb worth of programs. so that is about 26gb out of 60gb used, so where the hell is the rest of this data being taken up?!

So, im wondering, on my school computers, there is an alplication that shows you how much of your quota is being taken up in each folder, is there any program like this available for free? or do you know of anything that might be helpful in this situation?

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Venge
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Posted: 5th Dec 2009 18:51
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http://www.z-a-recovery.com/download.htm

You want the one that says "Reclaim disk space." I'm sure there are other programs out there, but this is the one I've used.

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IanM
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Posted: 5th Dec 2009 19:08
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Download and install the trial of SpaceMonger - it gives you a visual representation of the whole drive and the space taken up by each and every file/folder.

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puppyofkosh
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Posted: 5th Dec 2009 22:43
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I've always found

http://windirstat.info/

Very useful.
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Indicium
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 00:47
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Thanks for the replies guys

@Venge, i tried yours, it was still on 0% scanning before i decided to stick with puppy of kosh's suggestion.

@IanM, i see that one is only a trial, and im not really one for buying products that wont be used very often.

@puppy of kosh, i quite like this one thanks alot

Thanks everyone
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Insanity Complex
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 04:51
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I'd highly recommend SpaceMonger as well. I downloaded the 30 day trial because I was wanting to know how everything was laid out, and found some things to get rid of. It was useful even though it went away 30 days later.


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DJ Almix
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 06:42
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Quote: "@IanM, i see that one is only a trial, and im not really one for buying products that wont be used very often."


GET IT NOW! But really it's a very ingenious program I use it all the time and was a great purchase, a single user license is only $25.

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BatVink
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 10:57
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Sequoia View is a hidden gem for disk space analysis. It's small and fast, and helps you find the problem hotspots quickly at a glance. Oh, and it's freeware



http://w3.win.tue.nl/nl/onderzoek/onderzoek_informatica/visualization/sequoiaview/

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BearCDP
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 11:42
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I haven't used Sequoia, but WinDirStat pretty much looks exactly like that.

If you've got a Mac the OSX-equivalent of WinDirStat is called Disk Inventory X. I love these two programs

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IanM
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 22:24
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@Mad Nightmare,
There's also a freeware version 1 of spacemonger, but taking a look at the alternatives (WinDirStat & SequoiaView) it appears they're all pretty alike.

I may try those others out myself

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Indicium
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Posted: 6th Dec 2009 23:20
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Thanks guys, i managed to reclaim 20gb! Of just... stuff :S so yeah lol, really quite useful thanks a lot!
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