I think this is a pretty useful program and some of the comments above are quite unfair, particularly when they talk about individual file sizes. It is pretty easy to find large files but the main problem, which this program addresses, is that Windows Explorer doesn't display folder sizes and won't sort by folder size, which is a constant headache. Best would be an add-in for windows explorer that does exactly that, but failing that, this seems a pretty good option and certainly one that I will be keeping.
Easy install on Win 7 laptop though normally use XP on an older HP workstation and it would be much more use on that but on holiday at moment so not an option.

FREE is only a IMHO, a very misused /abused word.

On this SW it is install and unistall program.

Others abound and are better.Inasmuch as.
Doing due dilly on the other similar programs would bring better benefits to the SW here.

I've been using a completely FREE program called Folder Size since 2012, and it continues to work great (Win 7 - 64}. The version I've been using is 2.0, and they are now up to 3.4.0 - still free.

Lots of nice features and flexibility. Their direct url is http://www.mindgems.com/.

I'll keep using that one, thanks.

Check out SCANNER (Windows Freeware by Steffen Gerlach)

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

"This tool uses a sunburst chart to display the usage of your hard disk or other media. The chart shows all major files and folders from all directory levels at once."

This is the best, most handy free/used disk space visualization tool I have ever encountered after years of testing many. When finished you will instantly see which folders and files are using the most disk space on a disk.

It can display about 8 "concentric" levels of folders at a time. Click on a sub-folder to zoom and reveal more details. Right-click menu to open folders, recycle or remove/erase files, etc.

It does not start up fast (re-scans all folders with every launch or change in drive letter), but the usefulness is amazing.

It consists of a single EXE file, making it portable, with additional English and German text "Help" files, a language file, and a couple of REG files to click on for adding or deleting Registry entries to make SCANNER appear in the file/folder Explorer context menu. That's it, brilliant, elegant, simple, tiny.

Installation is manual; however it is outlined in the "Help" file (Scanner.en.txt, or Scanner.de.txt): simply place the contents of the downloaded 242kB ZIP file into a folder of your choice (say, under Program Files, or on a USB memory stick/Flash drive), create shortcuts (putting one in your Start menu if you wish), and you're done (except for making a donation if you like it!).

Network drives may also be displayed if they are first "mapped to a drive letter" so as to appear as a local disk.

NOTE: On first use, the chart will appear small; press the "+" key repeatedly to enlarge it to a more useful size. It should remember the setting on next launch. I have not tested it on more recent Windows versions.

I just use a file manager like XYplorerFree and do a sort on "size". Now what do you do with the largest files to save space other than deleting them?

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Exactly HOW does this program get "more drive space back"?

As in "... Drive Space Organizer is an easy tool which analyzes any kind of disk automatically. It finds the biggest files and folders which consume the most amount of disk space and gets more drive space back ..."

Is it a compresser, zipper, deleter, backuper, deduplicater, or what?

Thanks.
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Have been monitoring 1-abc software. Lately the company's software seem to be below par compared to its competition. But in a market where not everyone is knowledgeable, they survive because consumers pick up and buy based on the claims printed on the retail box.

Thanks to Karl and XP-Man for reviewing and telling us not to bother.

Giovanni is still the king of freeware alternatives.
Ashraf with his excellently written reviews is always appreciated here.

Software is personal. Sometimes a particular feature is what you need. That makes it good for you. It may not appeal to others. User interface is also personal.
I have tried some stuff in this hard disk space organiser genre:
DirGraph-portable
Disk Analyzer Pro
DiskFerret
DiskPiePro
JDiskReport needs Java6 or later
SpaceMonger3
SpaceSniffer
TreeSize
WinDirStat
WizTree


Showman hard disk pie chart is pretty basic, outdated and lousy.

"With the installation files it’s more complicated, since they *may* be used for the software’s uninstall & possibly repair routines. If it’s something I can download anytime, I tend to delete them since I can usually reinstall to uninstall if necessary. If I may not be able to download the software in the future, I’ll save the file somewhere off my SSD, so I can put them back if/when I need to".

Thank you, Mike, for this excellent tip.

Regards,
consuella

This does what Windows File Explorer should be doing. It gives the size of the folders. It's handy when you're trying to figure out what's taking up all the space on a drive. But most of the time I already know that.

WinDirStat (www.windirstat.info) is my favourite for checking what's taking up so much room. The graphical interface makes things immediately apparent.

I had Drive Space Organizer v. 5 on my hard drive -- I replaced it with today's GOTD, Drive Space Organizer v. 6. I've only used it 2 or 3 times since 2013 [when I added it to my drive], & those couple few times it did its job. At the same time, since I've only used it those few times, it hasn't been [isn't] worth it to me to check out alternatives that may well be better.

What I like about Drive Space Organizer is its simplicity. I don't believe that any software is going to be smart enough to know what generic files I can get rid of, those I need to keep, & the risk involved. I use the word generic, because there are some better known space hogs that some apps might be hard-coded to look for -- when I run Drive Space Organizer that's not what I'm looking for.

What I am looking for is large leftover files from a program's self or automatic update, &/or with programs that are too large &/or complicated to monitor installs in my VMs, whether they left installation files somewhere, or added a library of files that take up a Lot of disk space. In the case of those libraries, I try to move them somewhere off the SSD where Windows 7 lives [I've got a large partition on my main HDD where I try to put such things].

With the installation files it's more complicated, since they *may* be used for the software's uninstall & possibly repair routines. If it's something I can download anytime, I tend to delete them since I can usually reinstall to uninstall if necessary. If I may not be able to download the software in the future, I'll save the file somewhere off my SSD, so I can put them back if/when I need to.

If there was something missing that I'd add, it would be including the date, so I'd know if the file(s) were added by a new software install rather than something I'd missed earlier. There are 2 things I'd maybe think about fixing -- assuming you install the app in a restricted access folder like Program Files, you need to run it as Admin *if* you want to open the details report in Notepad [something I easily fixed in compatibility settings], & the display of the details report is a little off, with characters showing to the right of the scroll bar.

Installing Drive Space Organizer adds the program's folder, plus a folder in C:Users\ [UserName]\ AppData\ Roaming\. The registry gets 2 new keys in HKLM\ Software -- 1 for the app's path in 1-abc\, & 1 for its uninstall.

While we're comparing today's Giveaway to similar but free products, don't forget WinDirStat. It does have some "right-click" options, like delete.

You'd think people developing this kind of product would check out the features of competing products, especially free ones. I wouldn't mind paying for a product that did more than my favorite free one, but there's not much chance I'd give a second thought to one that only did some or all of what the free one can do.

Compared this program with the free version of Diskboss.
The Gotd has very few functions compared to Diskboss. Speed is about the same. The lack of functions also means that the Gotd is more userfriendly than Diskboss: with Diskboss you might need the manual. The GOTD can only classify on size. Diskboss can analyse, classify, find duplicates, clean up, search the local network etc. etc. Diskboss can categorise on extension, size, creation date, modification date, time of change, last access time etc etc. and make graphical charts of the results. This program does not come close to Diskboss, but could be usefull for the novice user/beginner.

Check out Sequoiaview, with its graphical display of disk usage.

This freeware helps identify not only large files, but by color coding and proximity also identify
large collections of smaller files. It can be slow for large directories, though.

Dual boot here! Works great in Win10 Build RTM 10240 - but I would like to see a newer GUI - also - a way to deal with specific files you have found but I have not dealt with (Possibly with a menu & a "right" click of a mouse (copy, delete, etc.) - all-in-all a nice usable program - This ones is a keeper for me, Thx HAGD.

Why it's shuts down when I hit enter?

My search program is called EVERYTHING. When you open it, it lists all folders and files on your system. Sort by the SIZE column. It will show you the size of all files on your system (including those in folders) in decreasing order.

PS It's a great search program!

"......and gets more drive space back." It does not indicate how it does this. Is there a hidden button for this feature?

A quick test to compare it to my freeware version of TreeSize and found it much less useful, it was uninstalled.
https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/changes.shtml

Installed and registered without problems on a Win 10 Pro 64 bit system. Software comes preregistered.

A German company from Bremen with all required legal information, included of course VAT number.

"1-abc.net software is a young company, founded 2005, consisting of ambitious and highly experienced developers, marketing experts, distributors, designers, translators and product managers. The head office is located in Germany, employees and freelancers are working from offices in seven countries all over the world."

We had had many software titles from this small company (Mr. Siegert), included a 1-abc.net Drive Space Organizer 5 on October 17, 2013. Here are the old reviews:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/1-abc-net-drive-space-organizer-5/

A clean resizable interface opens, you can switch language, define some fuctions from execute file over delete to wipe.
You select a drive/folder you want to analyze, push
the Start Analyzing! button and wait some seconds. Some glitches in displaying information:
http://i.imgur.com/Cl9nK3U.png

You can select the next folder to analyze...
This is a most simple space display program, misses nearly all, what the free and paid competitors deliver. You do NOT see the biggest files - you cannot even search for the biggest files, it only shows folders, you have to go through the complete folder structure to find a single BIG file.
It cannot display in different ways like TreeSize or similar programs.

Dear Mr. Siegert, this program works, but is much to simple to be really competitive. And I am sure, you don't want to sell this result as a "print option". In version 6??? With no useful file name and missing any useful formatting... This is not even students works level.
http://i.imgur.com/7BtcPTS.png

I am sure, you can do better.

Uninstalled via reboot