![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() First, I don’t think I should have to pay anyone any money to audit the size of the files on my drives. I have two fundamental criteria that keep most options from meeting my needs, though. Since there aren’t any solutions provided to us by OS developers, a crowd of third-party tools exists to make our spring-cleanings easier. Sure, there are ways to accomplish file size comparisons from the command line, but as useful as comparing numeric totals can be, examining graphical representations of disk usage is much quicker for humans like me. It has struck me before that a user-friendly tool for auditing disk space should be built in to every operating system. A user who’s gone a little nuts embedding images in her PowerPoint files will call me complaining that her disk is running out of space, or I’ll need to find a way to trim down a backup set that I’m archiving to DVD. Working the help desk, there are regularly times where I need an efficient way to find large files and directories on the machines under my care. JDiskReport is a utility that I use a hundred times more often than any of those others, so I have decided it is worthwhile to evangelize its virtues to all of you in a dedicated post. While all those other programs are excellent and have their place, they aren’t apps I lean on every day. I’ve mentioned JDiskReport before on this blog, in a list of some of my favorite utilities. Just in time for spring-cleaning, William Jones offers his favorite. That is why it is vital to have a good disk auditing utility in your toolbox. Storage may be cheap, but right now every penny matters. Mine your HD for space hogs with cross-platform JDiskReport ![]()
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