Here's how you can use some free software to see what files are taking up space on your Windows hard disk.
1. Download SpaceSniffer and install it to your Windows computer.
2. After the install finishes, start the SpaceSniffer application.
3. SpaceSniffer will map your hard disk, and it will alert you to large files and folders.
4. Be sure to check out the included SpaceSniffer user manual so you understand everything that the software can do.
If you aren't familiar with SpaceSniffer, here's a list of features from its site:
"Fast and easy to use
Supports drag and drop
Export module lets you produce customizable textual reports
Intuitive structure layout, multiple views for different media
Zoomable elements, navigate like a web browser
The Windows folders and file popup menu is accessible by right mouse click
It's possible to restrict the view content by typing simple yet powerful filtering criteria
Lets you temporary tag files with four different colors and perform filtering on them
Different views of the same media can show differently filtered elements
Customizable in geometry, colors, behaviors
You can navigate even during the scan
Smart cached scanning engine, multiple views, single scan
You can refine a zoomed area by a secondary scan process, even with main scan active
Reacts to file system events, keeps always in synch, warns you by blinking elements
Can scan NTFS Alternate Data Streams
It doesn't clutter your registry, only a plain XML configuration file
It's portable, no installation required, just put the executable somewhere and let's go
It's freeWare (donations are welcome)"
For more, see the original article at the link below.
This article from
http://www.howtogeek.com/62946/beginner-geek-simple-tips-to-reduce-disk-usage-in-windows-7/
http://www.itworld.com/software/253008/free-software-see-whats-taking-space-your-windows-disk
1. Download SpaceSniffer and install it to your Windows computer.
2. After the install finishes, start the SpaceSniffer application.
3. SpaceSniffer will map your hard disk, and it will alert you to large files and folders.
4. Be sure to check out the included SpaceSniffer user manual so you understand everything that the software can do.
If you aren't familiar with SpaceSniffer, here's a list of features from its site:
"Fast and easy to use
Supports drag and drop
Export module lets you produce customizable textual reports
Intuitive structure layout, multiple views for different media
Zoomable elements, navigate like a web browser
The Windows folders and file popup menu is accessible by right mouse click
It's possible to restrict the view content by typing simple yet powerful filtering criteria
Lets you temporary tag files with four different colors and perform filtering on them
Different views of the same media can show differently filtered elements
Customizable in geometry, colors, behaviors
You can navigate even during the scan
Smart cached scanning engine, multiple views, single scan
You can refine a zoomed area by a secondary scan process, even with main scan active
Reacts to file system events, keeps always in synch, warns you by blinking elements
Can scan NTFS Alternate Data Streams
It doesn't clutter your registry, only a plain XML configuration file
It's portable, no installation required, just put the executable somewhere and let's go
It's freeWare (donations are welcome)"
For more, see the original article at the link below.
This article from
http://www.howtogeek.com/62946/beginner-geek-simple-tips-to-reduce-disk-usage-in-windows-7/
http://www.itworld.com/software/253008/free-software-see-whats-taking-space-your-windows-disk
