List Directory Sizes?

[PeteCresswell]

Got a drive that's close to maxed out.

I suspect some heavy hitters are hiding deep in the directory
structure, but there are a lot of directories.

Can anybody point me to something that will list directories and the
total size of each dir's contents?

Doesn't have to recurse. Just the root-level dirs would suffice.

 

[Brian A.]

Got a drive that's close to maxed out.

I suspect some heavy hitters are hiding deep in the directory
structure, but there are a lot of directories.

Can anybody point me to something that will list directories and the
total size of each dir's contents?

Doesn't have to recurse. Just the root-level dirs would suffice.

Folder Size for Windows
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/

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[Rey Santos]

Try Windirstat
http://www.download.com/WinDirStat/3000-2248_4-10614593.html

WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft
Windows (all current variants). WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree
once and then presents it in three useful views: the directory list, which
resembles the tree view of the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree
size; the treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree
straight away; and the extension list, which serves as a legend and shows
statistics about the file types.

 

[Martin C]

Seconded. I have been amazed by WinDirStats. I have managed to use it to
root out large files that have got lost in the woods. I have also used it to
find out where a copied file went by mistake. As it uses a graphical view to
show the sizes of the directories and files it is good for using the human
eye to find anomolies. You can search for a zip file (for example) and it
will highlight each of the box sections on the graphic that represent zip
files. It can be used to show that there is one where you were not expecting
it. I found a lost one that way.

Just my 2p worth.

Martin

 

[PeteCresswell]

  Folder Size for Windowshttp://foldersize.sourceforge.net/

Wow. That's some *serious* functionality. Very slick.

Thanks Brian.

 

[Twayne]

Folder Size for Windows
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/

Great find! Thanks, Brian

Cheers,

Twayne

 

[Maurice]

Got a drive that's close to maxed out.

I suspect some heavy hitters are hiding deep in the directory
structure, but there are a lot of directories.

Can anybody point me to something that will list directories and the
total size of each dir's contents?

Doesn't have to recurse. Just the root-level dirs would suffice.

Download and install the free explorerXP: http://www.explorerxp.com/

Regards
Maurice

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Martin C:

Seconded. I have been amazed by WinDirStats. I have managed to use i

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[Anthony Buckland]

Download and install the free explorerXP: http://www.explorerxp.com/

...

Meanwhile, you could just open My Computer, then C:, and
move your cursor down the directories, hovering momentarily
until you are told how big each directory is. It won't take long
to see which are the big ones. In some cases you will be told
"bigger than [some considerable size]", so open that directory
and repeat the hovering treatment.

Expect My Documents, Program Files and Windows to be
sizeable.

Do you accumulate movies and other giant files somewhere,
perhaps outside My Documents?

And consider getting a [much] bigger hard drive, at moderate
cost.