Hard drive space analysis helps in assessing files, folders and programs based on their storage space requirements. This can be helpful in finding out where all that valuable free storage space went that was there a few weeks ago. Most computer users use these software programs to find the biggest files and folders on a computer system to delete some or all of them to free up disk space.
We have reviewed quite a few programs that offer this functionality, among them the disk space analyzer Free Disk Analyzer, the hard drive space visualization tool Overdisk or Treesize which reports the used hard drive space by folder.
Disktective is yet another hard drive space analyzer. The portable software program can be executed without installation (it needs to be unpacked first though) making it an ideal companion for portable uses.
The program can analyse a folder or complete drive and will display the results in a tree structure and as a pie chart in its interface after it has finished scanning the relevant parts of the hard drive.
The hard drive space analyzer sorts the folders by size from top to bottom in the tree structure. It is possible to navigate that structure which will also change the pie chart which is always displaying information about the active folder.
Disktective is a portable software program for the Windows operating system. It has not been updated in the last three years but works fine in all Microsoft operating systems including Windows 7 (64-bit not tested). The program is available at the developer’s website from where it can be downloaded.
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Disctective works nicely on my Windows 7, 64-bit!
Thanks for letting me know about it!
Disappointed to See a tool on ghacks in Dec 2009 that was last updated in Oct 2006
Why is that if the tool works fine?