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> Just few weeks ago I was wondering why my drive is so full

To easily answer this question I always use a tool like

https://windirstat.info/ (Windows) or Baobab (Linux)




For OS X, http://www.derlien.com/ is a solid alternative.


Space Gremlin is another good one for OS X. and it feels a little more "Nativey" than Disk Inventory X (which I've also used and is also good).

http://www.spacegremlinapp.com/


GrandPerspective is also good, despite its hosting.

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/


Or DaisyDisk, I love DaisyDisk.



Alternatively for windows, SpaceSniffer is a portable single file under 1 meg and no installation is required. http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/


Definitely an upgrade to the old WinDirStat.


WindirStat was based on KDirStat[0] (which apparently has been superseded by qdirstat[1], this is the first I've heard of it) for KDE. Baobab[2] is a similar tool for Gnome.

[0]http://kdirstat.sourceforge.net/

[1]https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat

[2]http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab/


A bit slower, but I just use totalcmd to display sizes of all direct subfolders. Check both program files' folders and then user folder (and work my way into appdata).




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