Disc Space Reporter

Analyzing disk space may seem like a trivial task, but when you have to do with a crowded computer, things suddenly get complicated, especially since Windows doesn’t show folder size in File Explorer. Luckily, you can use specialized applications like Disc Space Reporter to determine which files and folders take up the most disk space.

On the one hand, the application skips you both the time and effort needed to go through a setup process, and can run right after download. This also means you can carry it around on a thumb drive to use on other computers as well, without having to worry that system registries get altered on the target PC.

Running the application initially brings up a compact window, where you get to select drives you want to scan. The application supports both NTFS, and FAT file systems. Multiple selection is possible, and you can choose the number of files to include in the ranking system, and whether or not to store filenames in the database.

Depending on the complexity, and size of the target drive, it can take some time for the application to finish the scan process. During this time, a real time updating progress window shows up, letting you know percentage of each step, and location currently analyzed.

When done, a new window shows up, letting you view, and browse through generated data. Depending on the specified number, the lower section is fitted with a ranking system which shows files that take up the most space.

One of the other sections provides a detailed view of folders you can expand, and collapse. More details are shown such as space, percentage of parent folder, percentage of the entire disk, as well as space without subdirectories.

Selecting a folder enlists all files in a separate section. Details only include filename, and size, but you can sort according to these column headers, unlike the folder view section. Unfortunately, the only way to export data is to the application’s own file type.

All things considered, we can safely state that Disc Space Reporter can surely help you manage your space more efficiently, providing a neat, accurate, detailed view of all folders, and files, as well as how much they take in numerical values, percentage, and progress bars. The only downside is the limitation of export options.