The program, as it shows the number of places occupied by folders. As a reminder, as folders and files on the computer take up the most space

Often I take food, as if they are busy with the occupied space on the hard disk: the coristuvachi tsіkalyatsya, what do you do with the space on the hard disk, what can you see, to clear the disk, why the free space is constantly changing.

In this article - a short look at the cost-free programs for analyzing a hard disk (more precisely, on a new one), which allow you to take information about those, like folders and files, to occupy gigabytes, to understand this, de, what and in some respects zberigaєtsya on your disk that vihodyachi s tsієї іinformatsії, clean it up. All programs are declared to support Windows 8.1 and 7, and I myself, having checked them in Windows 10, work without a hitch.

I’ll designate, what is most likely, what “turning” space on the disk is explained by automatic file capture Windows update, Creation of a point of recovery, as well as emergency completed programs, as a result of which the system may lose time files, which take up a gigabyte.

For example, I will bring additional materials to the site, which will help to add space on the hard disk, as such a need has arisen.

Space analyzer on the WinDirStat disk

WinDirStat is one of two cost-free programs for anyone looking at what the Russian language interface has, which may be relevant for our koristuvach.

After starting WinDirStat, the program will automatically start analyzing either all local disks, or, for your needs, scan the space on the selected disks. You can also analyze what a particular folder on your computer is occupied with.

As a result, the program will display a tree-like folder structure on the disk, from the designated expansions and the number of files in the main area.

In the lower part, there is a graphical representation of the folders that are in place, as it is shown in the filter at the right upper part, which allows you to select a place, as if borrowing a large file type (for example, on my screenshot, you can display a larger file .tmp) .

You can download WinDirStat from the official site https://windirstat.info/download.html

Free Disk Analyzer

The Free Disk Analyzer by Extensoft program is another utility for analyzing a hard disk in Russian language, which allows you to review what you occupy, find the largest folders and files, and on the basis of the analysis performed, it is important to make a decision about clearing the space on the HDD.

After launching the program, you will see the tree-like structure of the disks and the folders on them in the left part of the window, in the right part - instead of the folders selected at the moment, from the designated expansions, the width of the occupied space, and the diagram with the graphical representations of the space that the folder borrows.

Dodatkovo, Free Disk Analyzer has tabs "Most files" and "Most folders" for shvidkoy poshuk such, as well as buttons for quick access to Windows utilities"Disk Cleanup" and "Installing and Removing Programs".

Official site of the program: http://www.extensoft.com/?p=free_disk_analyzer (On the site on Narazi it's called Free Disk Usage Analyzer).

Disk Savvy

No-cost version of the analyzer space on the Disk Savvy disk (also paid Pro version) although it does not support Russian language, but, maybe, it is the most functional of the tools listed here.

Among the available possibilities, it’s not only possible to visualize the occupied space on the disk that yogo was sorted into folders, but it’s also possible to classify files by types, check attached files, analyze the accumulated files, and also look over, save your friends different types, to put information about the selection on the disk space.

take advantage free version Disk Savvy you can from the official site http://disksavvy.com

Tree Size Free

The TreeSize Free utility, however, is the simplest of the presentations of the programs: there are not a few beautiful diagrams, but you can work without installing it on a computer and for someone you can find more informative, lower forward options.

When the program is launched, analyze it, take up space on the disk, or select a folder and present it in a hierarchy structure, which will display all the necessary information on the space that is taken up on the disk.

Dodatkovo, it is possible to launch the program in the interface for attachments with a touch screen (Windows 10 and Windows 8.1). TreeSize Free official website: https://jam-software.com/treesize_free/

SpaceSniffer

SpaceSniffer is a cost-free portable (does not need to be installed on a computer) program that allows you to expand the folder structure on your hard drive in much the same way as WinDirStat.

The interface allows you to visually select, like folders on the disk, occupy the largest amount of space, navigate through these structures (for an additional mouse click), as well as filter data that is displayed by types, dates or file names.

You can download SpaceSniffer free of charge here (official site): www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer (note: it's better to run the program as an Administrator, otherwise you won't need to tell about Windows in access to other folders).

Good day.

Even more often, people ask me the same food, but in different interpretations: “why is the hard disk clogged?”, “Why did the space on the hard disk change, even if I didn’t download anything?”, “how to know the files, how to take the space on the HDD?” and etc.

To evaluate that analysis of the time taken on a hard disk, use special programs, you can easily know all the files and see it. Vlasne, about this and there will be an article.

Analysis of the occupied space on the hard disk in the diagrams

1.Scanner

Official site: http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/

Duzhe tsіkava utility. Pluses are obvious: support Russian language, installation is not required, high speed of work (500 GB hard drive won't be analyzed for a whil!), takes up a small amount of space on a hard drive.

The results of the robotic program are presented to a small window with a diagram (div. Fig. 1). As if you could see a bear on the required piece with diagrams - you can see what takes up the most space on the HDD.

For example, on my hard disk (div. small 1) about five parts of the space is occupied by films (33 GB, 62 files). Before speech, there are buttons for switching to the box and to the “installation and remote program”.

2. Space Sniffer

Official site: http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/index.html

One more utility will not need to be installed. When you start the chat, ask you to select a disk (specify a letter) for scanning. For example, on my system drive Windows occupies 35 GB, for which 10 GB is occupied by a virtual machine.

The tool for analysis is more familiar, helping to understand why the hard drive is clogged, where the files are “hidden”, in some folders and on the same topic ... I recommend it to the end!

Rice. 2. SpaceSniffer - analysis of the system disk from Windows

3. WinDirStat

Official website: http://windirstat.info/

Another utility of this kind. Tsіkava is out for us, for a simple analysis and folded diagrams - it also shows the expansion of files, filling the diagram with the required colors (div. Fig. 3).

It’s easy to do it manually: the Russian language interface, the hacks of the system (for example, cleaning the cat, editing the catalogs, etc.), working on all popular Windows OS: XP, 7, 8.

Rice. 3. WinDirStat analyzes drive "C:\"

4. Free Disk Usage Analyzer

Official website: http://www.extensoft.com/?p=free_disk_analyzer

This program is the simplest tool for a quick search for great files and optimization of disk space.

Free Disk Usage Analyzer will help you organize and manage your free disk space HDD by looking for the largest files on your disk. You can easily know where the files are located, such as: videos, photographs and archives, and move them to another place (otherwise you can see them).

Before the speech, the program supports the Russian language. Also, help you clean the HDD from smittєvih and timkovyh files, see programs that are not vikoristovuyutsya, know the largest folders or files just.

5. TreeSize

Official website: http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

This program is not able to be diagrammed, but then it will be manually sorting the folders in a fallow way on a hard drive. Also, if you know the folder, you should borrow a lot of money - click on it and open it at the explorer (div. arrows in Fig. 5).

Regardless of those that the program is on English- Rozіbratisya z her just finish it quickly. It is recommended both for first-timers, and for finishing coristuvachs.

Rice. 5. TreeSize Free - results of the analysis of the system disk "C:\"

Until the speech, the significant space on the hard disk can take the so-called “smіttєvі” and time files (before the speech, through them the space on the hard disk changes, if you don’t copy anything on the new one, don’t zavantazhuєte!). Periodically it is necessary to clean the hard disk with special utilities: CCleaner, FreeSpacer, Glary Utilites and others. More details about such programs.

On this May, that's all. I will be grateful for additional information on the topic of the article.

Successful PC robots.

The volume of hard disks with skin rock is getting bigger and bigger, like computers and laptops, but I still smell the same stink of backfilling with data from more coristuvachivs. Bad luck - the eternal problem with the hours of the first computer. And how do you win? solid-state accumulator(SSD), which propagates less space, then the information about the lack of disk space is practical for you.

Run Disk Cleanup

The Windows operating system includes a tool that allows you to see time files and other system files that are not of great interest. In order to find a tool Disk Cleanup, press right button mouse on one of your hard drives at the vikni Computer or Explorer that choose power.

Press button Disk Cleanup at the vikni Power: Your drive.

After a non-trivial analysis, it’s clear Disk Cleanup.

Disk Cleanup

As an alternative, you can simply type Disk Cleanup at the menu Start.

Among the files that are seen, you can see the captured files of the programs, time files for the Internet, cat files, Essay images and more. Select the type of files you want to see by checking the skin item with a checkmark, then press the OK button. Raju choose all points, obsyag any of them transfer over 10 MB.

By pressing the button Clean up system files at whom you know, you can check additional items, so you can also see, for example, memory dump files systemic pardons, files Zahisnika Windows and others. Sometimes you can see more files in the Disk Cleanup tool, but you can simply delete the time files without pressing the Clean up system files button.

Cleaning up system files

View of minor supplements

Viewing important programs to allow access to additional space. Equipment Software and components Panels keruvannya, press on the stovpets Rozmir to sort everything installed programs for falling in the order of the borrowed month. Carry out an analysis and see the programs that you do not like.

Viewing programs

Yakshcho ve do not bachite stovpets Rozmir, press the button Dodatkovo and choose the type table.

If you win Windows 10, you can also vote Parameters, vicorist Start > Parameters > System. Next, select item Programs and Opportunities. Sort the programs according to the size and analyze the programs that you do not need.

Windows Settings 10

On vіdminu vіd equippment Software and components vikno Parameters allow apps to be viewed from the Windows Store, including, for example, you win a tablet on Windows 10.

Disk space analysis

To find out what space is being taken up on a hard disk, you need to use a program for analysis hard drive. Which program is scanning hard drive And then display the result, showing how many files and folders occupy the most space. There are already a lot of such supplements, but I’m victorious WinDirStat, you can get it from the official website.

After installing WinDirStat, choose how local drives need to scan. The scanning process can take place from one day to a few years, depending on the number and capacity of disks. The result of the scan will be shown as the folder itself, and the files will take the most space.

WinDirStat

Change your mind if you don't see important system files, just see your personal files. As the Program Files folder occupies a large amount of space, it is necessary to analyze and visualize the programs, as they do not win. WinDirStat shows how much space is taken up by the installed program, to find the same tooling Programs and components in the Care Panel for some programs showed an empty result.

Purification of timcha files

Cleaning up the disk using the Windows tool is a little harder, though it doesn’t see the time files third-party addenda. For example, do not clear the time files of Firefox or Chrome, as they can gain gigabytes of free space on a hard drive. The same third-party browser cache is stored on the hard disk and also needs to be cleared periodically.

The browser cache reserves an hour for re-opening websites, saving a copy to your hard drive. Vaughn and ringing cash. In this way, the cache allows you to change today head side site from the Internet, for tomorrow, do not zavantazhuvate it in the first place, but make a local copy of it. Tse allows you to speed up the speed of re-opening websites from a spiel once.

For more aggressive cleansing of temporal and unimportant files, try CCleaner, whichever you can get. CCleaner clean smart files of other programs third-party manufacturers, and also cleans the timchas Windows files Cleaning the disk may not be enough.

After the installation, perform an analysis and make a decision, indicating with the checkboxes what you saw.

CCleaner

Analysis for duplicate files

Another important way to expand additional space on a hard disk is to know and remove duplicate files. Dodatkіv for tsієї meti paid and bezkoshtovnyh simply impersonal. I'll win the trial version Duplicate Cleaner Pro, zavantazhity yakie is possible .

Duplicate Cleaner Pro

Changing the space for system renewal

In order to upgrade the system with a lot of space on the hard disk for setting up hotspots, you can change the amount of disk space that you see for upgrading the system.

Try to install optimal size disk space for a point of inspiration, so that without them you won’t get enough and don’t set a point, like no matter what. So, as you often experiment with your computer, consider setting up 5 to 10% of the disk space for the hotspot. Like a computer wins for reviewing photos of the home archive or film library, the value that does not exceed 5% will be enough.

System upgrade

If the function of updating the system is not important to you, or in the priority of the varto you need more space on the disk, then updating the system can be switched off by turning Vimknuti zahist system and deleting all the hotspots by pressing the button vilucity.

Vimknennya sleep mode and deep sleep

Step on, madly, to spare the world, but if you happen to sacrifice some important Windows functions. That is why I recommend vicoristovuvati tsі methods, yakscho stench can be good for you.

• Vimknennya sleep mode. If the system has a victorious sleep mode, it will save up operational memory on hard drive. Tse allows you to save the camp of the system without a significant reduction in electricity. І in the case of an attack on the computer, the system simply zavantazhit instead of a hard disk, turning the computer's camp for you, which is at the moment of the sound. Windows saves some RAM to the file on the path C:\Hiberfil.sys, for locking. To save space on the hard drive, sleep mode can be turned off again by changing the life plan

• Turn off deep sleep mode. Similarly to the sleep mode, you can turn off the deep sleep mode, which does not require electricity to save the flow mill of the system. At the same time, if there is a time for that roztashuvannya vykon, if it is important for you at the given moment, and if I need a break, then the computer system can be put into deep sleep mode. Turning to the computer in a day or two, you will see that at the moment the computer was launched, the system took over the same camp, for which you paused.

Axis of a few ways to allow you to change the size of the borrowed space on the disk and increase the additional space. How do you know that other ways to improve free space on a hard drive in Windows, be kind, fill in your comments.

It is read that there can be no less free space on the system partition of the disk 15% to the fullest extent, so that the Windows system could function fully - without any suspension of that galvanization. New hard disks at once 500 GB, therefore, when splitting a hard disk, it was not possible to separate the system.

You can safely give order to the system division 100 GB. Which one is too much to download for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10, in which case it will not be necessary to constantly clean the folders "Temp" that intersect the system in the open space for the creation of points of inspiration.

How to recognize, how files occupy a lot of space on the computer's disk?

And from there, save the files of the koristuvach on the system disk - great music collections, videos in HD, volume distribution kits and software - or install on the disk of the system modern resource games, 100 GB maybe don't cheat. If Windows sees notifications about the marriage of a month on the system disk, the hour itself (following the cleaning of folders "Temp", obviously g) to analyze the disk space of the computer.

Tidy up the computer by cleaning the disk non-required files, you can for help Windows Explorer or a file manager. ale tse dієviy sposіb for odnієї razum — yakscho vіdomo, de і yakі important files can zaharaschuvat system disk space. In a different situation, it’s better to go to help special programs- Disk space analyzer. This type of program scans computer disks and presents basic data about all current files in manual visual and tabular display. Three popular analyzers of disk space can be used for such programs as: WinDirStat, Scanner, TreeSize Pro. Recently, you can find files in your computer that irrationally take up space on the disk, you can use the popular program for cleaning the system - .

Bagato who knows no-cost program CCleaner as an effective tool for cleaning time files, internet cache, system registry that other systemic change. Z 5th version of the CCleaner program has changed its name, and now it doesn’t match the design Metro (Modern UI) Windows 8/8.1. And yet, changes in CCleaner have come up with not only the most famous programs, the popular cleaner has the functions of analyzing disk space and searching for duplicate files.

Disk analysis with CCleaner help

Functional analysis of the disk in CCleaner, for the great deal, does not compromise on similar capabilities, as implemented in other programs, zocrema, and other functions. In CCleaner, graphically and informationally, you can view information about the partitioning of a computer disk, both system and non-system. Files that are on the computer are presented by CCleaner in four categories - video, music, pictures, documents, archives, e-mail, other files.

At the program, choose "Service" and go to the tab "Disk Analysis". Only the main category of files will be selected for promotion for analysis. If necessary, you can add files of archives and email. Select computer disk C , D , E and etc. - I tisnemo "Analysis".

CCleaner allows all categories of files, or the skin category can be sorted by size. To give an indication of how specifically the files are occupied on that chi іnshоmu distribution of the disk for the largest amount of time.

We can press on a different sorting criterion for different tables, and the results of the analysis can also be sorted by the names of the files, their type (format), and the distribution path.

Vgorі zlіva it is possible to make a pie chart with visual representations of the analysis of the space occupied by the other categories of files.

Important files can be removed from the system disk or transferred to a non-system disk. In the results of the analysis of disk space, select required file, we click context menu i tisnemo "Open folder".

You can see the system explorer window, we can take the file from the system disk, or delete it forever.

Search for duplicate files for help CCleaner

CCleaner is now able to find duplicate files. To start a search for duplicate files in a distribution "Service" opening the tab "Search for duplicates". So that you don’t see files on light files, especially if you don’t get stuck on the disk space, you can turn on the filter to install minimum size shukanih files.

When removing duplicate files, you need to borderline accurate. It is not possible to see duplicates of system files, as well as duplicates of working files in other programs. CCleaner, just like similar programs, can shuffle duplicate files on a computer, shuffle files with identical names. And the working files of the system and programs can be named identically technically, but they can also be transferred to different folders (folders of their programs) and, apparently, serve the purposes of different programs. That’s why it’s not possible to see such duplicates. That th will not be when you see a configurable low-value file of a serious vilification of disk space. Get rid of duplicates better, as well as distribution kits operating systems, video and other important files

Seen by the program CCleaner duplicates files can be the same as in the results of the analysis of disk space.

On the selected file, the context menu is clicked and the option to open the folder is selected.

Middle innovation of the operating room Windows systems 10 - utility for analyzing disk space. It's amazing that such a basic tool was not among the arsenal of the Microsoft operating system before, if hard disks computers were transferred to a richly lesser city equal to the obligations of modern hard drives.

Thus, the peak of the relevance of the problem due to the lack of a free space on the system disk fell at the time of the mass transition from Windows XP to 7. The system's version of the system was radically challenged by the size of the disk space, which was victorious for its needs. Todіyak for povnotsіnnoї Roboti Windows XP had a total system partition of 25-30 GB, a computer with such a disk space, on which Windows 7 was installed new at that time, after installing a couple of programs and accumulating time files, it was left without free disk space.

Koristuvachi Windows versions according to 8.1 inclusive, after hitting the problem of missing space on the system disk, navigate after using the standard utility “Disk Cleanup” or third-party cleaners, to go into a special type of software - the so-called disk space analyzers. These are handy tools that allow you to quickly view important files and quickly get rid of them, either by removing them or transferring them to another place. Such analyzers scan the computer and provide data about the disk space, occupied by different categories of files. Tabular data in such utilities are often accompanied by diagrams for visual evaluation of space on disk.

In the wake of Windows 10, the disk space analyzer - saw the "Shovishche" in the system settings. Vіn є synthesis of simple variants of dekіlkoh system utilities, yakі rich koristuvachіv zvikli bachiti in okremy programs or okremih modules of complex software packages. Krim nayavnosti, vlasne, a tool for analyzing the space on the disk, introduced in Windows 10, the utility is equipped with various functions for cleaning the system and a primitive uninstaller of the installed software.

Windows 10 disk space analyzer is among the others systemic improvements in the middle of the "Parameters" program. Tse podrozdil "Shovishche", which you can find, having selected the main window of the program "Parameters" razdil "System".

Like and be-yaky іnshiy іnshіy іnshі іnshі іnshі іnshtuvan, in razіl "Сhovishche" іѕ аlѕо you саn quickly dine fоr pоmоmogou system poshku.

At "Shovishchi" there is a change in the distribution of the disk and the receipt of accumulated information for the obviousness of such. According to the dermal distribution, data on total and volume are presented.

If you see the leather split the disk okremo, you can get detailed information about the disk space, what is borrowed, by different categories of files.

One of the points of the system partition of the disk is “System and reservation”. The oskіlki utility is covered by residents, here it is only an informational note, the sіlki mіstsya occupies okremі system files. Naturally, Windows 10 does not transfer any of the tools for editing these files. The only thing that promotes coristuvachev, is the option "Management of system updates", as it changes the power of the system with the adjustments for її vіdkatu to the point of vіdnovlennya.

Item "Additions and games" - the goal of guessing is more primitive installer installed programs, which does not transfer the view of the installed universal programs.

Other categories include documents, images, multimedia files, but the standard utility does not provide a table with the ability to sort by size. When pressing the button for a detailed review of these files, the system transfers the folders to the corresponding folder to the profile in the middle of the explorer for manual removal non-required files.

The point “Timchasovі files”, unfortunately, does not give enough detailed information, such files will be deleted. It is unlikely that the advanced coristuvachi will experiment with such a lack of awareness, and the novices-successors, who are better for everything, will put the space on the disk, without understanding what was seen. Report about read about the article.

The most intelligent point of the Windows 10 disk space analyzer, perhaps, you can enter "Inshe". Here, in the order of changing the world, there are folders with files that are not included in the categories of music, video, documents, and images. Files of these categories, as a rule, are stored in the folders of the profile of the koristuvach or in specially created directories on non-system partitions of the disk, and you can look through them in the explorer or file manager without any analyzers of disk space. Let's stop where we can guess the coristuvachev, for example, about saving important files, perhaps already non-essential distributions of operating systems, or backup copies.

The integration analyzer of the system, obviously, is far from perfection and is inferior to third-party utilities in the software niche in terms of functionality and clarity of presentation of data. Speaking about the new tool, we can say a little: Microsoft introduced a simulator for beginners at the computer right into the system, but no more.

Have a wonderful day!