cLabs Disk Usage

A small utility that displays the total file size and disk space consumed recursively per directory
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  • License:
  • BSD License
  • Publisher Name:
  • Chris Morris
  • Operating Systems:
  • Windows All
  • File Size:
  • 209 KB

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cLabs Disk Usage Description

The cLabs Disk Usage application was designed to be a small utility that displays the total file size and disk space consumed recursively per directory. Very useful for freeing up hard drive space. To keep drive I/O efficient, drives have clusters that are blocks of space. Files actually consume the size of the number of clusters required to contain the file, not just their actual size. So a 1k file written to a drive with 64k clusters takes up 1 cluster, 64k of disk space, leaving 63k unused and unavailable for any other file. If a second 1k file is written to the same directory, it is put in its own cluster, consuming another 64k. Cleaning up hard drive space is what's crucial, and tools like DUW won't necessarily float large disk space directories to your attention if the sum total of their files is much less. My aim was to recreate a tool like DUW and enhance it with the disk space usage data. I also improved the performance somewhat by caching the directory data removing unnecessary disk scans. Main features: List total cumulative file size and disk usage for each directory on your drive. Drill down through your directory structure to find places where space could be recovered by deleting or archiving unnecessary files. Jump to Explorer from any selected directory name. Additional stats like file count and average file size. Display total disk size, free disk size and cluster size. Display all stats per file extension


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