paulr

Preferably by folder or file size. I have 70GB of space,25 GB for music, the rest god knows where?

bob269

windows explorer?

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Treesize will tell you where its all gone

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

jpor

iTrader: (1)

Have you tried clearing down you're Internet Explorer Temporary files?

Try using disk cleaner which comes as standard with XP. It will scan you're disk(s) and will guide you through removing any unwanted temp files.

Markus

Some applications could be taking up a bit of space. Try: Start -> Control Panels -> Add/Remove Programs. Then order the list by size. Then have a look at the "used" section. If you find there's a large app or two there that are used rarely or never, you could remove them to free up some disk space.

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

Treesize pro is an excellent piece of software and will tell you just what you need to know

darlodge

We use tree size at work all the time. Its wicked

Darren

Beefy

Yup another shout for treesize here.

DrEvil

find & du.. oh.. wait.. wrong os...........

jpor

iTrader: (1)

He could always install UNIX tools for Windoze And that suggestion would then work (possibly).

paulr

Thanks.
One thing i found interesting was a 3GB movie clip in C:/New. Where the hell did that come from.
Most of the others done already but thanks.

Rob Walker

Sequoia view is ace for this.. shows you graphically...
The bigger the box the more space its using

http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

Daz34

Seconded.
Why use extra software when the much maligned Windows XP does it just fine

paulr

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul123/paul123/tree.jpg

Here's the outcome. The system volume information is to do with system restore. Is there any way to reduce this folder?

The 30 gig is mostly music.

Sorry to be a pain,second question,is there a program that tells you if your pc is running correctly, ie speed/memory.

Thanks.

bob269

Right click my computer, go to properties, then system restore and set the limit.

Your original post says you've lost 45gig and yet your system restore folder is only 4.3gig, what exactly is the problem?

Kermit

Hi there,

Treesize software is ok, but can't cope very well with large amounts of data, neither can space observer.

But is great for the price

J.

jpor

iTrader: (1)

Well 2 other things you can try:

Reduce the size made available for the recycle bin. Normally this is pre-set to use 10% of you're hard disk. I would suggest reducing this down. I have mine set to around 1%.


Run Disk Cleaner which is found by going into 'My Computer' -> Right Click C: drive choose 'properties' under the General tab you should see next to the pie chart graph the 'Disk Clean' button.

warrenm2

diskuse.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

StickyMicky

pr0n

jbryant

No-one's mentioned JDisk yet which I use now after trying most of the suggestions already on here. Nice and simple. Adds to context menu. Really helps me in finding those big folders that are buried in the drive somewhere...

Freeware too... http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

HTH!
Joolz

ru'

+1 for Windows Explorer...

I just use the search facility, and state above what file size I'm looking for (i.e. size at least xxxxxxxmb) etc.