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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 Instead of attempting to persuade an extremely outdated utility to work efficiently, I recommend switching to a superior free …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 sees files that are not there - what's wrong?
I've been running WinDirStat to clean up my harddrive. One folder it reports as consisting of 2GB files, and it's also showing these files, but using explorer or the command line, there is nothing ...