Excellent App for clearing space on your HDD's

pixelsink · 12th January 2006, 12:57 AM

I found this great wee programme called Sequoia View and it let me find 3GB of shite that DiskCleanup ignores.

I've always wondered how my C: drive always ends up nearly full (it's a 10GB partition) when all I have on it is my Windows folder and my apps.

What this app does is scans your drive / partition and shows you graphically as a seriesof squares whats on the disk. the bigger the square the larger the files. It helped me find loads of files that re useless but are hidden deep in windows. e.g my WINDOWS folder had some outlook express files hidden away, a 370MB Outbox file, a 6ooMB Sent items file and also a 200MB Deleted items file. Now, according to Outlook express when i opened it,all these folders were empty! Windows however was keeping a record of these which I didn't need (maybe it was part of system restore or something).Anywhoo, I was able to see where they were and bin them and instantly freed up over a gig! After hunting down the other useless crap I freed up 2.96GB of useles stuff.

The best thing is, it can coloutr specific file types differently,so you can see where zip files,or jpegs, avi,psd or wmv files are at a glance. You can also add your own file extensions to the list and choose a colour.

So I just thought I'd bring this useful FREE app to your attention.

Col

humndislocation · 12th January 2006, 07:58 AM

I always thought rd /s c:\ was a good way to clear some disk space on your hard drive.

On a safer note, you can always type subst z:\ "c:\Program Files\"
at the command prompt, and pretend that you have a second hard drive

pixelsink · 12th January 2006, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humndislocation

I always thought rd /s c:\ was a good way to clear some disk space on your hard drive.

On a safer note, you can always type subst z:\ "c:\Program Files\"
at the command prompt, and pretend that you have a second hard drive

ummmm,GEEK!

kj · 12th January 2006, 10:27 AM

i might give this a go. Do you think it'd work on new machines? I've got a 80gig hd but already a fair chunk of its been used with goodness knows what.

pixelsink · 12th January 2006, 10:40 AM

Yeah, I have 3 hard drives, a 40gb, an 80gb and a 200gb. Worked on them all.

Col

12th January 2006, 12:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,722 Band: Carbon	Excellent App for clearing space on your HDD's I found this great wee programme called Sequoia View and it let me find 3GB of shite that DiskCleanup ignores. I've always wondered how my C: drive always ends up nearly full (it's a 10GB partition) when all I have on it is my Windows folder and my apps. What this app does is scans your drive / partition and shows you graphically as a seriesof squares whats on the disk. the bigger the square the larger the files. It helped me find loads of files that re useless but are hidden deep in windows. e.g my WINDOWS folder had some outlook express files hidden away, a 370MB Outbox file, a 6ooMB Sent items file and also a 200MB Deleted items file. Now, according to Outlook express when i opened it,all these folders were empty! Windows however was keeping a record of these which I didn't need (maybe it was part of system restore or something).Anywhoo, I was able to see where they were and bin them and instantly freed up over a gig! After hunting down the other useless crap I freed up 2.96GB of useles stuff. The best thing is, it can coloutr specific file types differently,so you can see where zip files,or jpegs, avi,psd or wmv files are at a glance. You can also add your own file extensions to the list and choose a colour. So I just thought I'd bring this useful FREE app to your attention. Col Last edited by pixelsink : 12th January 2006 at 01:01 AM.

12th January 2006, 10:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 14,145 Band: A band of merry men	i might give this a go. Do you think it'd work on new machines? I've got a 80gig hd but already a fair chunk of its been used with goodness knows what. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

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12th January 2006, 07:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,996 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	I always thought rd /s c:\ was a good way to clear some disk space on your hard drive. On a safer note, you can always type subst z:\ "c:\Program Files\" at the command prompt, and pretend that you have a second hard drive

12th January 2006, 10:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,722 Band: Carbon	Yeah, I have 3 hard drives, a 40gb, an 80gb and a 200gb. Worked on them all. Col