How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows?
WinDirStat is a port of KDirStat for Linux. It's free, lightweight, small (650kb installer), fast, portable (as a standalone .exe file), and works on multiple versions of Windows. Besides showing folders and …
Why does WinDirStat report less space used than Windows does?
May 20, 2015 · WinDirStat, manual inspection, and any other storage consumption analysis tool report 46GB of data on the drive when launched from a copy of Windows running on the SSD. This is a big …
Newest 'windirstat' Questions - Super User
Jun 30, 2025 · WinDirStat (WDS) is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows
WinDirStat shows 244GB unknown space on external drive
Aug 30, 2015 · I recently noticed that one of my external hard drive seems to be missing a lot of space. It was recommended that I try WinDirStat, as it could help identify how much space each file was …
windows 7 - WinDirStat Save Report Option - Super User
When running WinDirStat against a drive, I'd like the option to save the report so that I can look at it later while "offline" away from the system it was run on. I've looked around the program an...
Some files still remain in $RECYCLE.BIN - Super User
Jul 23, 2018 · I ran a scan with SpaceSniffer and WinDirStat and noticed that there are over 11 gigs of files stored in $RECYCLE.BIN and when I open it, all the folders inside show 0 bytes.
Almost half of disk space unaccounted for on Windows 7 computer
Used WinDirStat and it came back with a total of 71.3GB usage at the root level C Drives properties says 135GB being used out of 138 GB total, ie, 135 GB - 71.3GB = 63.7GB missing somewhere No …
How to exclude folders from WinDirStat scan? - Super User
Sep 23, 2019 · These folders substantially slow down the WinDirStat file tree scan. Instead of attempting to persuade an extremely outdated utility to work efficiently, I recommend switching to a superior free …
Windirstat says my SSD is smaller than File Explorer
Sep 20, 2020 · So, I used windirstat to show me what was wrong, and it's telling me my disk is only 164gb, not 222. That seems to be why I have so much missing space. Here's what my file explorer …
disk space - Is it surprising that WinDirStat takes a long time to ...
WinDirStat has not been updated for a very long time. I have no doubt its routines could be improved to support more modern hardware. In the end you are still attempting to perform an analysis on a 8 TB …