Disk Rover

No matter how much storage space we have at our disposal, we always seem to be looking for a way free some of it up. This problem is especially serious if all you’re using is an SSD, but there are ways to easily figure out how your disk space is being used up.

Disk Rover is one of the tools you can rely on, a Java-based program that analyzes your drives and creates an interactive map that lets you visualize disk space usage. It can be very helpful, and it is also fully portable.

Even though the program’s UI isn’t particularly impressive, the fact that it is written in Java comes with a couple of perks, the first of which is its compatibility with both Windows and macOS.

What’s more, the software is distributed in the form of a single JAR file, which can even be stored and run from a flash drive. However, it is worth noting that Java Runtime Environment needs to be available on your machine.

After launching the program, you need to select the drive or folder that should be analyzed. The operation doesn’t take too long, but you will have to wait a while if scanning a particularly large drive or directory.

Once finished, the application generates a graphical representation of disk space usage. You can even navigate through folders, as well as copy paths, open directories and delete items.

You should have a much easier time finding large files or folders that are using lots of disk space for no reason when looking at the overall picture.

Overall, Disk Rover does its job quite well, and it is very easy to deploy. The simplistic UI may not be to everyone’s taste, and no alternative graphical representations are available, but the program can prove very useful when trying to find ways to free up disk space.