WinDirStat: Scan Files and Free Up Hard Drive Space

WinDirStat is a useful tool for Windows users which performs the task of scanning files and investigating the efficiency of storage space. WinDirStat is a freeware software program that can be used to identify where disk space is being wasted on a Windows PC. It shows you what is taking up all the space on your hard drive and allows you to order them by size or by date. The most important part of any disk space analyzer is analysing the files to find which ones take up the most space. To do this, Windirstat displays the files and folders in a graph-like diagram called a treemap. I suggest that you use the Quick Facts option from the menu bar to see how much each folder and its contents occupies in kilobytes rather than trying to calculate it yourself. This way you will get an accurate reading of what is occupying space on your hard drive. Windirstat also has a feature where it can delete files for you that are no longer needed, or easy pointers to free up more hard drive space by dele