Disktective

It seems that nowadays there's an application for almost anything you want to do on your computer. Disktective is one of such programs.

It's a neat freeware disk-reporting tool that enables you to find out the real size of your directories and distribution of used disk space on your computer. It sports a clean and intuitive graphical interface with many nice tools at hand.

The application doesn't take long to install and it doesn't come with a complicated setup that you would need to complete before you can actually use it. It sports a clean and intuitive graphical interface with many nice tools at hand.

Disktective is a freeware disk-reporting tool that enables you to find out the real size of your directories and distribution of used disk space on your computer.

The first thing that you need to do after launching the application is to pick the directory that you would like the application to scan. Disktective allows you to pause or stop scans but it's not recommended. It doesn't take long to scan your directory and find out the real size of your folders and the distribution of used disk space.

It shows you a chart with the distribution of your folders and the amount of space they all take up. It also has the option to view a report with detailed information on the used disk space.

You can sort items in your report alphabetically or by size if you want. It comes with some settings that you can adjust just before you launch a scan. You can have it include date and time, ask when quit the program, have the application export all nodes in a report and exclude the pie chart display if you want.

It also allows you to adjust the units and display megabytes, bytes or kilobytes if you want. Disktective is a useful freeware disk-reporting tool that enables you to find out the real size of your directories and distribution of used disk space.