Comments on: Making Room for More Hard Disk Space http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html Sciencetext Tech Talk, PC tips, blog hacks, browsing, blogging, social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-2#comment-82171 David Bradley Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:25:48 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-82171 I've looked at System Mechanic in the past (like ten years ago) but haven't used it for quite some time. Does it include a graphical method of displaying bulky folders on your computer, if so, then you don't need WinDirStat. If you're not totally au fait with computers, then I wouldn't really recommend WinDirStat, it's a bit geeky and won't necessarily help you clean up your hard drive unless you really know what file types you're about to delete! I’ve looked at System Mechanic in the past (like ten years ago) but haven’t used it for quite some time. Does it include a graphical method of displaying bulky folders on your computer, if so, then you don’t need WinDirStat. If you’re not totally au fait with computers, then I wouldn’t really recommend WinDirStat, it’s a bit geeky and won’t necessarily help you clean up your hard drive unless you really know what file types you’re about to delete!

]]> By: Ann Tamplin http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-2#comment-82158 Ann Tamplin Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:24:02 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-82158 WinDirStat sounds like mans "new best friend" but as an older person I get confused with whether I've got too much on my lap-top!I've got software on called "System Mechanic" thats supposed to do all the work for me. Will WinDirStat add anything more for me? WinDirStat sounds like mans “new best friend” but as an older person I get confused with whether I’ve got too much on my lap-top!I’ve got software on called “System Mechanic” thats supposed to do all the work for me. Will WinDirStat add anything more for me?

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-20416 David Bradley Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:03:32 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-20416 Yep, those three together - WinDirStat, CCleaner, and DiskKeeper Pro are the three essentials. Couple those with Spybot S&D (and/or AdAware), AVG Antivirus, and ZoneAlarm Security Center, and you're pretty much covered. Yep, those three together – WinDirStat, CCleaner, and DiskKeeper Pro are the three essentials. Couple those with Spybot S&D (and/or AdAware), AVG Antivirus, and ZoneAlarm Security Center, and you’re pretty much covered.

]]> By: Wolverine http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-20229 Wolverine Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:39:21 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-20229 WinDirStat is indeed an awesome utility; I use it sometimes to visualize my drives. For maintenance, I use Ccleaner to clean up disk space and Diskeeper Pro to defrag the drive. It's an excellent combination of utilities to keep the drive organized and running at optimum performance. WinDirStat is indeed an awesome utility; I use it sometimes to visualize my drives. For maintenance, I use Ccleaner to clean up disk space and Diskeeper Pro to defrag the drive. It’s an excellent combination of utilities to keep the drive organized and running at optimum performance.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-19663 David Bradley Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:22:30 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-19663 Funny you should mention defrag. I have just such a tool sitting on my PC as we speak...It's called <a href="http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/" rel="nofollow">Auslogics disk defrag</a>. You have to have a reasonable amount of empty disk space for it to work (15% of the disk must be free), but then that's what WinDirStat will help you achieve. I've only got around to using it once so far, but as I remember, it was pretty slick once I'd freed up some space. db Funny you should mention defrag. I have just such a tool sitting on my PC as we speak…It’s called Auslogics disk defrag. You have to have a reasonable amount of empty disk space for it to work (15% of the disk must be free), but then that’s what WinDirStat will help you achieve. I’ve only got around to using it once so far, but as I remember, it was pretty slick once I’d freed up some space.

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]]> By: ChemSpider Blog » Blog Archive » A Visual Way to Look At Your Hard Drive - Tips from David Bradley http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-19650 ChemSpider Blog » Blog Archive » A Visual Way to Look At Your Hard Drive - Tips from David Bradley Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:54:37 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-19650 [...] Feedburner subscribed to a lot of David Bradley’s blogs. He offers a lot of useful tips and one of his latest led me to WinDirStat. To coincide with taking the ChemSpider site down this weekend I went to work [...] [...] Feedburner subscribed to a lot of David Bradley’s blogs. He offers a lot of useful tips and one of his latest led me to WinDirStat. To coincide with taking the ChemSpider site down this weekend I went to work [...]

]]> By: Antony Williams http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html/comment-page-1#comment-19647 Antony Williams Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:30:40 +0000 http://www.sciencetext.com/making-room-for-more-hard-disk-space.html#comment-19647 WinDirStat is great...tried it this weekend. What I am looking for is a defragmenter that works first time and defrags without repeat operations. Not so easy! WinDirStat is great…tried it this weekend. What I am looking for is a defragmenter that works first time and defrags without repeat operations. Not so easy!

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