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    How do you see a map of which files are taking up how much space on your HDD?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Thundr, May 4, 2013.

  1. Thundr

    Thundr Notebook Evangelist

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    I want to delete some useless things to free up space.
     
  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    use windirstat.
     
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    Primes Notebook Deity

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    BlkKnight Notebook Consultant

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    I use treesize free.

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    HTWingNut Potato

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    +1 for Treesizefree.
     
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    Just use the windows uninstall program. It's already on your computer so you don't have to download another program which take up more space. When you open the uninstall program it shows the file size and you can delete programs there that you no longer use.
     
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    How will that work for files not installed, like movies, photos etc. ? :/
     
  8. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not at all. Plus, there's a large number of applications for which the numbers reported by the installer are either grossly wrong, or there's no installation size available. That includes minor little things such as Microsoft Office, by the way.
     
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    I use JDiskReport.

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