How do I find folders with the largest amount of content?

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Dave said:
My hard drive is filling up but I am not sure how or why.

Without having to traverse every folder on my hard drive, how can I
identify the folders with the largest amount of content (file size)?

IOW is there some way to sort or view folders by content size? Or is
there an Admin tool perhaps that will help me locate large files (or
a large number of files in a particular folder)?

Thanks
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I personally like TreeSize Pro (JAM Software) for this. It's shareware but
there's a free trial. Recently, someone posted a link to a similar, freeware
product, but unfortunately, I don't have it handy.
 
Dave said:
My hard drive is filling up but I am not sure how or why.

Without having to traverse every folder on my hard drive, how can I
identify the folders with the largest amount of content (file size)?

IOW is there some way to sort or view folders by content size? Or is
there an Admin tool perhaps that will help me locate large files (or a
large number of files in a particular folder)?

Thanks
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Have you taken other steps to reduce the used space on your hard drive?
Using Disk Cleanup and removing all, or all but the most recent restore
points can reclaim a dramatic amount of disk space. Unused programs and
their files, exe. ect. Defrag can help tidy up teh drive.
But, to answer your question, Diskeepr and Everest, both have free versions
and can be found at
Major Geeks,
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
 
Dave said:
My hard drive is filling up but I am not sure how or why.

Without having to traverse every folder on my hard drive, how can I identify
the folders with the largest amount of content (file size)?

IOW is there some way to sort or view folders by content size? Or is there
an Admin tool perhaps that will help me locate large files (or a large
number of files in a particular folder)?

Thanks
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Dave,

There is a freeware program named WinDirStat that scans your drives(s)
and displays a graphic representation of your hard drive, making it
easy to see which folders are using the most space on your computer.


http://windirstat.info/


Good Luck

scott
 
My hard drive is filling up but I am not sure how or why.

Without having to traverse every folder on my hard drive, how can I identify
the folders with the largest amount of content (file size)?

IOW is there some way to sort or view folders by content size? Or is there
an Admin tool perhaps that will help me locate large files (or a large
number of files in a particular folder)?

Thanks
 
Total Size. It is a great tool. It adds a detail column in explorer that can
show the folder size in B,Kb,Mb,Gb. You can also install Internet size with
it. Internet Size can tell you about the exact location and size of a file on
internet. Both are trials.
http://www.soft32.com/download_9016.html

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