Comments on: Recover Hard Drive Space with TreeSize [Windows] http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arif qasim http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-410987 arif qasim Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:58:17 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-410987 I have 4 partitions of my hard drive. Drive "C" was alotted 6.88 GB but now theres ony few MBs. I dont know what is eating my drive space .Pls guide me I have 4 partitions of my hard drive. Drive “C” was alotted 6.88 GB but now theres ony few MBs. I dont know what is eating my drive space .Pls guide me

]]> By: cristiano007 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390687 cristiano007 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390687 Here's the link to download the freeware Scanner by Steffen Gerlach: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/. Again, nice, light and very useful. Here’s the link to download the freeware Scanner by Steffen Gerlach: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/. Again, nice, light and very useful.

]]> By: David Pierce http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390285 David Pierce Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:26:59 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390285 Great idea - thanks for this! I like the 100 largest thing in particular; off to give it a go! Great idea – thanks for this! I like the 100 largest thing in particular; off to give it a go!

]]> By: David Pierce http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390284 David Pierce Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:25:40 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390284 I know! It's crazy. New computer, here I come! I know! It’s crazy. New computer, here I come!

]]> By: David Pierce http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390283 David Pierce Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:25:17 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390283 Fair enough - WinDirStat is awesome, it's true. But the thing I love about TreeSize is that it's kind of stupidly simple - all it does is show you big files, no frill or fuss. I like that. Scanner might be worth checking out, too - thanks! Fair enough – WinDirStat is awesome, it’s true. But the thing I love about TreeSize is that it’s kind of stupidly simple – all it does is show you big files, no frill or fuss. I like that. Scanner might be worth checking out, too – thanks!

]]> By: Atraktos http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390172 Atraktos Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:02:27 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390172 Nasty. Nah, I don't think so. I just speak my mind. As I said there are far better alternatives compared to even the paid edition and in the end, any freeware search program like Locate32 or Everything will point out those biggies easily any time. I found it pointless, just because we emphasized on an inferior utility. You can actually have the job done easily without spending a dime. Nasty. Nah, I don’t think so. I just speak my mind. As I said there are far better alternatives compared to even the paid edition and in the end, any freeware search program like Locate32 or Everything will point out those biggies easily any time. I found it pointless, just because we emphasized on an inferior utility. You can actually have the job done easily without spending a dime.

]]> By: Ryan P http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390153 Ryan P Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:55:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390153 Philly Cheesesteak, if you compress like Jalley suggested, then NO, it doesn't stop you from using them. It's NTFS compression. It can reduce the space used on a drive WITHOUT having to Zip/Rar/etc them. (The only downside of using NTFS compression is that files are slower to access, since they are uncompressed automatically before opening.) I use NTFS compression (like Jalley suggests) on my external/storage/backup drives, but rarely use compression on my 'main' Windows drive. (You can choose to compress a file, folder, or drive... if you wanted to.) Philly Cheesesteak, if you compress like Jalley suggested, then NO, it doesn’t stop you from using them. It’s NTFS compression. It can reduce the space used on a drive WITHOUT having to Zip/Rar/etc them. (The only downside of using NTFS compression is that files are slower to access, since they are uncompressed automatically before opening.)

I use NTFS compression (like Jalley suggests) on my external/storage/backup drives, but rarely use compression on my ‘main’ Windows drive. (You can choose to compress a file, folder, or drive… if you wanted to.)

]]> By: Philly Cheesesteak http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390142 Philly Cheesesteak Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:49:23 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390142 doesn't compressing your files stop you from using them? Dont you then have to decompress them everything you need to use them? I believe if you can afford to compress a file, then you probably dont really need it....move it to an external HD then. doesn’t compressing your files stop you from using them? Dont you then have to decompress them everything you need to use them? I believe if you can afford to compress a file, then you probably dont really need it….move it to an external HD then.

]]> By: Carnivore http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390138 Carnivore Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:39:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390138 CCleaner can only free up space of those system files it knows of. That's usually some 10 or 100 MB. If TreeSize ever pointed you to the 5 DVD rips of last year that you had totally forgotten and that each occupied 4GB disk space, you will be very happy about the unexpected free disk space. I can only recommend to anyone who has an aged Windows installation: Let TreeSize Free scan your C: drive (there is even a version that does not require installation) and you will be surprised what space hogs it reveals. While I understand that "home users" don't want to pay money for the commercial editions of TreeSize, I cannot understand how any can suggest that WinDirStat is better than TreeSize Professional, as the Pro edition covers all features of WinDirStat, has several more, scans fatser and finally has a <a href="http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/screenshots/EN/DriveScanChart3_en.jpg" title="Treemap" rel="nofollow">tree map chart</a> that is actually useful. CCleaner can only free up space of those system files it knows of. That’s usually some 10 or 100 MB. If TreeSize ever pointed you to the 5 DVD rips of last year that you had totally forgotten and that each occupied 4GB disk space, you will be very happy about the unexpected free disk space.

I can only recommend to anyone who has an aged Windows installation: Let TreeSize Free scan your C: drive (there is even a version that does not require installation) and you will be surprised what space hogs it reveals.

While I understand that “home users” don’t want to pay money for the commercial editions of TreeSize, I cannot understand how any can suggest that WinDirStat is better than TreeSize Professional, as the Pro edition covers all features of WinDirStat, has several more, scans fatser and finally has a tree map chart that is actually useful.

]]> By: Joey http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-tons-of-hard-drive-space-with-treesize/#comment-390137 Joey Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:38:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=19320#comment-390137 By the way, in the latest version TreeSize Free is able to drill down to file level in its tree. By the way, in the latest version TreeSize Free is able to drill down to file level in its tree.

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