File finder and sorter utility

[cmdrdata]

I am looking for a simple to use file sorter utility that will let me
see which file (including OS backup files) in my hard disk that is the
biggest disk space consumer. Is there such a thing?

I know that in my system (XP Home) I can do that on a folder view
option, but that means that I have to open every folder and check each
manually.

I guess what I am trying to do is this: say that I selected drive C:\
root directory and I want the program to go through the contents and
list the top 20 (or some user specified quantity) largest files along
with the path of where these files reside. Thanks.

 

[Rili]

I find this program to be awesome for the task you mentioned.

http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/

 

[cmdrdata]

Rili, I tried this program. It certainly fits my need. Thanks

 

[aafuss]

bFile:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?14500000036731

 

[Nicolaas Hawkins]

bFile:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?14500000036731

bbuggered!

 

[David]

I find this program to be awesome for the task you mentioned.

http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/

Actually the biggest space user is all those files of less than 4K.
The worst offenders are those of less than 1K.

 

[Mel]

Actually the biggest space user is all those files of less than 4K.
The worst offenders are those of less than 1K.

Depends upon Partition Size and the File System of that Partition.

 

[David]

Depends upon Partition Size and the File System of that Partition.

True. FAT32 and, I believe, NTFS normally format with a block size of
4K as a reasonable compromise between file size and directory/FAT
structure size. Reiser FS also selects 4K as its block size, if I
recollect correctly, although you can force it down to 512 bytes if
you wish. FAT32 can also be forced to use a smaller block size but you
lose a lot of the disk due to the size of the FAT. I have no
experience with NTFS.

 

[Mel]

True. FAT32 and, I believe, NTFS normally format with a block size of
4K as a reasonable compromise between file size and directory/FAT
structure size. Reiser FS also selects 4K as its block size, if I
recollect correctly, although you can force it down to 512 bytes if
you wish. FAT32 can also be forced to use a smaller block size but you
lose a lot of the disk due to the size of the FAT. I have no
experience with NTFS.

Default Cluster Sizes for Volumes with Windows XP Professional File
Systems:

Partition Size FAT32 Cluster Size NTFS Cluster Size
===================================================
02 GB–04 GB 4 KB 4 KB
04 GB–08 GB 4 KB 4 KB
08 GB–16 GB 8 KB 4 KB
16 GB–32 GB 16 KB 4 KB
32 GB–02 TB Not supported 4 KB

 

[Michael Salem]

I am looking for a simple to use file sorter utility that will let me
see which file on my hard disk is the biggest disk space consumer.

If you use Microsoft Windows, Gerlach's Scanner program shows a pie
chart of disc usage. It's very good for finding what's using your space.
With Delphi source, I think.

The only limitation I've found is that it didn't work on a mapped
Netware volume.

http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/

HTH,

 

[Kittie Spit]

I don't know if TreeSize, freeware version, would work for this or not.
I think it's only at the folder-[optional] subfolders level?

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize
tells you where precious space has gone to. TreeSize can be started
from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of
this folder, including its subfolders. You can expand this folder in
Explorer-like style and you will see the size of every subfolder.
Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while
TreeSize is working. The space, which is wasted by the file system can
be displayed and the results can be printed in a report. TreeSize is
Mailware for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP.

 

[Donald Lessau]

Default Cluster Sizes for Volumes with Windows XP Professional File
Systems:

Partition Size FAT32 Cluster Size NTFS Cluster Size
===================================================
02 GB-04 GB 4 KB 4 KB
04 GB-08 GB 4 KB 4 KB
08 GB-16 GB 8 KB 4 KB
16 GB-32 GB 16 KB 4 KB
32 GB-02 TB Not supported 4 KB

BTW, TrackerV3 (http://www.trackerv3.com/) can show the number of clusters
used by a file in the Size column.

Don

 

[John Fitzsimons]

BTW, TrackerV3 (http://www.trackerv3.com/) can show the number of clusters
used by a file in the Size column.

It does ? Very clever Donald. Handy to know.

Bye the way, I was browsing through a graphics folder the other day
and your thumbs didn't work. It just said that the graphic was "too
large".

What's the largest size a graphic can be without being too large ? Are
you thinking of changing this figure upwards any time soon ?

Regards, John.

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[Donald Lessau]

It does ? Very clever Donald. Handy to know.

Bye the way, I was browsing through a graphics folder the other day
and your thumbs didn't work. It just said that the graphic was "too
large".

What's the largest size a graphic can be without being too large ? Are
you thinking of changing this figure upwards any time soon ?

You can set the figure yourself in configuration (Preview tab and Thumbs tab
respectively). The "too-largeness" concerns the image dimensions in square
pixels, not the file size.
In previous versions the default value was not very large but since
v4.00.0157 it's set to 12,000,000 square pixels (that's e.g. 4000 x 3000
pixels).

Don