But over time, it turns out that it 'clogs' and you don't want to delete the old one (and suddenly come in handy), but there is no place for a new one. On the one hand, we bought ourselves 1 TB and it seems good, now everything will work out. This is the one that over time there is not enough space. This makes it possible to first see the largest directories, and then dive deeper into the bowels file system until you get to the smallest files. However, here you can easily adjust the viewing depth and the amount of detail displayed. it free app can show a map of disk occupancy in the same way as the previous utility does. SpaceSniffer is a great alternative to CCleaner and WinDirStat. Using the buttons on the toolbar, you can delete any file or view it in the file manager. Clicking on any element allows you to find out its exact size and location on the disk. It consists of various squares, the size of which corresponds to the size of the file, and the color - to its type. Below is a table with detailed information on each type.Īfter starting and preliminary evaluation of the hard disk fullness, WinDirStat issues complete map his condition. It is located in the 'Service' section and is called 'Disk Analysis'.ĭisk space usage is illustrated with a pie chart showing the distribution among the main file types - images, documents, videos. The most popular cleaner for Windows has in its arsenal special tool to search for large files.

With the help of these three programs, you can visually assess what and how much space is taking up on the disk, and make a decision about cleaning it up. And if you are the owner of a high-speed, but much less capacious solid state drive the situation could become quite catastrophic. The size of modern hard drives is calculated in terabytes, but the free space on them still disappears somewhere.

What is my hard drive clogged with (or where did the free space on the HDD go). The program to view the contents of the disk.

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