LARGE number of files

[chuck]

I have a 40 gig HD which contains approx 17 gig worth of files. Recent
scan w/ NAV showed approx 430,000 files scanned. This seems huge
relative to HD space taken.

How do I find out which directories are crammed with a large number of
files? I realize that I could get some info using folder properties, I
tried this and there were no obvious candidates - is there an easier
way?, such as a utility that that would showa list of folders and the
file count within each - including those in subdirectories? Perhaps
something like windows explorer that shows file count like explorer
shows file size?

Thanks

 

[-xiray-]

I have a 40 gig HD which contains approx 17 gig worth of files. Recent
scan w/ NAV showed approx 430,000 files scanned. This seems huge
relative to HD space taken.

How do I find out which directories are crammed with a large number of
files? I realize that I could get some info using folder properties, I
tried this and there were no obvious candidates - is there an easier
way?, such as a utility that that would showa list of folders and the
file count within each - including those in subdirectories? Perhaps
something like windows explorer that shows file count like explorer
shows file size?

Thanks

For 17 gigs of files I'm not so sure that 430,000 files are so unusual
(particularly with the hidden directories/files probably on your
drive).

But... if you think it is then:

The first culprit I'd suspect would be your temporary Internet files.
The default setting reserves FAR too much HD space for that crap and
the number of files can be HUGE.

I would suggest you clean out the temp files and then changning your
settings so that only about 50 MB is reserved for them. AND as a
warning, if you have some ridiculously high size set (like > 1 GB), it
might take FOREVER for windows to remove them, during which time in
task manager IE might be listed as "not responding."