Personal computing discussed
bthylafh wrote:I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster.
bthylafh wrote:I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster.
LoneWolf15 wrote:bthylafh wrote:I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster.
TreeSizeFree is what I use now. Used to use WinDirStat.
Waco wrote:bthylafh wrote:I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster.
Really? I've found WinDirStat to be pretty damn fast on SSDs/SSD arrays/NVMe drives. I'll poke at SpaceSniffer (just downloaded it) and it doesn't seem to be any faster at scanning initially...
EDIT: Okay, I just raced them. WinDirStat took 1m2s to scan my C: drive. SpaceSniffer is at 42% and it's been 5 minutes...
EDIT2: Just over 7 minutes total for SpaceSniffer. Am I missing something?
bthylafh wrote:
Dunno, but every machine I've tried it on, SpaceSniffer has taken maybe a third of the time to check disk usage vs. WDS. I've got a lot of computers with spinning rust at my day job, so maybe that accounts for it.
meerkt wrote:I also like SpaceSniffer for a bird's eye overview.
DPete27 wrote:Have you used Windows' "disk cleanup" utility? You get the big gains (10s of GB) by selecting "clean up system files" which removes all the garbage that windows update creates when it does its thing.
Yan wrote:In spite of some controversy about the program, I still like CCleaner, with CCEnhancer, to remove unneeded files.
Waco wrote:bthylafh wrote:I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster.
Really? I've found WinDirStat to be pretty damn fast on SSDs/SSD arrays/NVMe drives. I'll poke at SpaceSniffer (just downloaded it) and it doesn't seem to be any faster at scanning initially...
EDIT: Okay, I just raced them. WinDirStat took 1m2s to scan my C: drive. SpaceSniffer is at 42% and it's been 5 minutes...
EDIT2: Just over 7 minutes total for SpaceSniffer. Am I missing something?
LoneWolf15 wrote:Did you run WinDirStat as admin?
If you don't, you'll miss a lot of files that are hidden/system attributes.
Igor_Kavinski wrote:"A Sharper Scaling" on that page could be quite useful for upscaling those pesky tiny images one might run into from time to time.
When I try to run the installer, there's a malware alert from my security software or operating system. What does that mean? ››› Yes, that's because it's an obscure binary downloaded from the Internet. From the security point of view, such file is dangerous. You have to decide whether you trust me or not.
qmacpoint wrote:Igor_Kavinski wrote:"A Sharper Scaling" on that page could be quite useful for upscaling those pesky tiny images one might run into from time to time.
This note on the sharper scaling tool is a bit scary:When I try to run the installer, there's a malware alert from my security software or operating system. What does that mean? ››› Yes, that's because it's an obscure binary downloaded from the Internet. From the security point of view, such file is dangerous. You have to decide whether you trust me or not.