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Analyze drive space usage on Windows or Mac with JDiskReport
by Lee Mathews Jan 12th 2009 at 5:00PM
There are plenty of free drive space analyzers out there - like WinDirStat, for example. If you like visuals that are a bit more subtle, give JDiskReport a try.
After the initial scan (which can take a minute or two on drives as cluttered and full as my C:), several reports are generated. You can view distribution by size, file type, and modification date, or browse a top 50 list to find your biggest space hogs quickly.
I did experience a momentary hang when switching to the ring chart in one particularly massive directory, but other than that the program worked very well. The standard pie chart, bar chart, and file views all worked without hanging.
It's freeware for Windows (x64 as well) and Mac, and is also available as a Java Web Start app.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
samuel said 5:54PM on 1-12-2009
Mac-wise this has to be the worst icon I have ever seen. Its 32x32 and blocky looking, this is clearly a port from Windows. I changed it immediately.
However the program gives a good analysis and I like it! I've been after something like this for a while.
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Farseer (GDI) said 1:28AM on 1-13-2009
Just goes to show that good, free programs are not above needless criticism. BTW, why would you use a desktop icon with this program? Do you really analyze your hard drive usage often enough to clutter up your desktop?
Farseer (GDI) said 10:55AM on 1-13-2009
lol, honestly, I didn't take a second glance at the icon. It's a little, tiny, meaningless thing associated with the .exe in the program group. There's no way that it would find its way to my desktop... I can't stand clutter.
samuel said 11:19AM on 1-13-2009
Yea but I'm a Mac user, when its open its at the bottom of my screen on the Dock and 128x128
engadget ban squad said 11:31PM on 1-12-2009
11.2 gb hdd downloadsquad? what is this a partition for windows on your computer?
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samuel said 6:15AM on 1-13-2009
Come on, you know how bad that icon looks. It does matter because I know. I decided to change it to the 'Recognizer' (sic) icon by Anthony Piraino, you'll recognise it from the movie Tron.
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Matias Korhonen said 8:17AM on 1-13-2009
Also available for Linux, just use the Java version. There's also a Gentoo eBuild in portage.
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James said 10:57AM on 1-13-2009
I was about to say how much I like Sequoia for this -- it's very visual -- but in searching for the link, I noticed someone say they like WinDirStat better; I looked at it, and I have to agree it does look better. So here's the link to that, instead:
http://windirstat.info/
Both use a block style to show your file usage, which makes it easier (for me, anyway) to zero in on exactly which files and folders are taking up the most space.
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Peter said 4:30PM on 1-13-2009
@James - But the great thing about Sequoia is that it is a completely stand-alone executable so you don't have install anything on the machine. Great for servers and other machine you want to keep as clean as possible.
James said 5:10PM on 1-13-2009
Ah — excellent point; I hadn't realized that.
Ian Perez said 1:38PM on 1-13-2009
There is also the lesser-known, but far superior (imo) OverDisk:
http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/overdisk.html
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Brian! said 2:26AM on 1-14-2009
Spacemonger on PC. Seriously, it is an awesome tool for looking how your hard drive is doing.
Worth every penny. I just find a pie chart very unhelpful in tracking down where my data is going.
Check it out: http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/
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