Each file type is represented in this diagram by a color so as you look at the various colors you can see where the file type(s) are on the disk in relation to all of the files on the disk.
The graphic represents the entire hard disk(s) analyzed. The fun part of the program is in the graphic display of this file type information.
It will also tell you the total space on the disk used by those file types and how many different files take up this space. It shows the various file types on your system and, while it’s not shown above, the percentage of the used hard disk space that this file type takes up on the disk. This gives you a much more useful look at the directory tree than Windows itself gives you. More importantly however, note that this directory tree shows you exactly what percentage of the total used space on the disk is used by that folder and any folders under it. You can navigate through the various folders using that if you wish. In the top left you’ll see a directory tree very much like any other directory tree. The magic, however, is in the display after the analysis is done… While doing so, a clever little animation shows you the progress (you can turn this off in the options if you don’t like clever little animations)… Having done that click on the OK button (at the top of the box, not the bottom where you’d usually find one) and the program runs through the various folders on the disk(s) you selected.
When you do, a selection box will pop up and you pick the drive(s) you wish to analyze. Run the installer and then start the program. You get the program from the WinDirStat website which is hosted at SourceForge. CKnow has not tested it on Windows 7 and the WinDirStat Web site does not mention Windows 7 but it should work fine and, if not, could be run in compatibility mode back to Windows Vista or even XP if needed. It’s an older program that has not been significantly updated in features but it has been updated to keep up with the various versions of Windows. While there are many tools available that can do this, CKnow still likes to use the free program WinDirStat because of its speed and excellent graphical representation of the various file types on a hard disk. This gives you an instant view of what’s taking up the most space on your disk. One of the things you should do to figure out how your hard disk or network drive is organized is to make a list of all of the various file types on the disk and organize that list by file size.
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