Easiest way to see the largest files on a drive...?

[So]

I have a 250 gig drive that I use as 'scratch' to install all my programs and crap to it. It seems to have mysteriously gotten pretty full over the last few months (only 60 gigs free), and I don't want to format it. What's the best way to see the biggest files and folders so I can get rid of some of the unnecessary stuff.

Explorer's sort by size doesn't help since it doesn't sort folders by size.

 

[mchammer]

do a find files and specify over a certain file size.

 

[ironcrotch]

Did you forget about your secret pr0n stash? That happened to me a few weeks ago, I was wondering the same thing and then I came across the bounty of hidden treasure.

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Did you forget about your secret pr0n stash? That happened to me a few weeks ago, I was wondering the same thing and then I came across the bounty of hidden treasure.

WINNAR!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Did you forget about your secret pr0n stash? That happened to me a few weeks ago, I was wondering the same thing and then I came across the bounty of hidden treasure.

Nope. Porn is on another drive

 

[chrisms]

download more porn

 

[Goosemaster]

go to run. type:

%temp%

and see how much space you are using up.


For individual files use windows search with its filters or get one of those utilities that was posted before....

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Space Monger is a good program for that sort of thing as well...
Tas.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
go to run. type:

%temp%

and see how much space you are using up.


For individual files use windows search with its filters or get one of those utilities that was posted before....

Also on a different drive. This is the F: drive.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Space Monger is a good program for that sort of thing as well...
Tas.

Perfect! It found the space hog. My TV tuner has been recoding shows I forgot for weeks, 126 gigs!

 

[So]

Much better...now I have 186 GB free.

 

[So]

:beer: tasburrfoot78362

You get the ATOT NC for the night!

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: So
:beer: tasburrfoot78362

You get the ATOT NC for the night!

Been a while since we've given out one of those...

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: So
:beer: tasburrfoot78362

You get the ATOT NC for the night!

Woohoo!!! Hmmmm. Coookiieee... *eg*
Tas.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: So
:beer: tasburrfoot78362

You get the ATOT NC for the night!

Been a while since we've given out one of those...

I know, but this made my night.

Now, I just got a new 200 gig drive for movies, what should I do with the old 160...

1. Take it out of the computer and make the old t-bird 900 into a fileserver
2. Take it out of my computer and make the old t-bird 900 into a linux box.
3. Leave it in the computer, and split my video drive into an anime and a movie drive.


Oh, and while I was at it, I took the zip ties I bought at fry's last week and made my wiring into a non mess for the first time ever. :thumbsup:

 

[Mo0o]

Whoa this program is awesome

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Whoa this program is awesome

No kidding. :thumbsup:

 

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Space Monger is a good program for that sort of thing as well...
Tas.

That program rules.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: So
:beer: tasburrfoot78362

You get the ATOT NC for the night!

Been a while since we've given out one of those...

I know, but this made my night.

Now, I just got a new 200 gig drive for movies, what should I do with the old 160...

1. Take it out of the computer and make the old t-bird 900 into a fileserver
2. Take it out of my computer and make the old t-bird 900 into a linux box.
3. Leave it in the computer, and split my video drive into an anime and a movie drive.


Oh, and while I was at it, I took the zip ties I bought at fry's last week and made my wiring into a non mess for the first time ever. :thumbsup:

Linux box it... Or completely kill it, and mod it into a hd with a clear top. Although you still might be able to use it after that.
Tas.

 

[isekii]

the biggest single file I have is about 1.45gb

 

[So]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: So
:beer: tasburrfoot78362

You get the ATOT NC for the night!

Been a while since we've given out one of those...

I know, but this made my night.

Now, I just got a new 200 gig drive for movies, what should I do with the old 160...

1. Take it out of the computer and make the old t-bird 900 into a fileserver
2. Take it out of my computer and make the old t-bird 900 into a linux box.
3. Leave it in the computer, and split my video drive into an anime and a movie drive.


Oh, and while I was at it, I took the zip ties I bought at fry's last week and made my wiring into a non mess for the first time ever. :thumbsup:

Linux box it... Or completely kill it, and mod it into a hd with a clear top. Although you still might be able to use it after that.
Tas.

It's a freakin' 1 year old 160GB drive...not way I'm killing it. The only thing wrong with it was that it was full.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Okay... Just a suggestion. Would be cool, you have to admit though. I think I'm going to do that with a 8.1GB Bigfoot some gave me. Not sure what I'd do with it after that though....
Tas.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Okay... Just a suggestion. Would be cool, you have to admit though. I think I'm going to do that with a 8.1GB Bigfoot some gave me. Not sure what I'd do with it after that though....
Tas.

Yeah, definitely. I have an old (dead at the time) laptop drive that I pried open for fun. I could easily open one of the <1GB 486 drives in the scrap parts box downstairs.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

And then you could mount them on the wall in your office next to your 3dfx video card. *eg*.
Tas.

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: isekii
the biggest single file I have is about 1.45gb

That's a whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollle lotta fappin