Topic: - How to Use WinDirStat

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1.0	1/03/2012	Harshad Bachav /Vaibhav Kumar

Purpose: -

To find out the disk space used by the Folders and files with specific extension. This will help to reduce the duplicated data, old data which is used very rarely. This will help use to find out cleanup of unwanted data causing the low disk space and to reduce the call related with HDD up gradation.

(Pls note: - It can be used as a reporting tool however deletion part should be done manually

To install this tool kindly call GET-IT 4357)

How to Use:-

1) Double click on the icon WinDirStat created on desktop

2) Below screen will appear. Choose option All local drives and click on OK.

3) Below screen will appear after completion of the directory scanning process.

The image below is the look of the WinDirStat when it is run on user system. It has got 3 window panes. The 1^st window pan to your extreme left is presenting a sub-tree view with disk use percentage alongside in the 2^nd window pane to you right shows  a usage-sorted list of file extensions that is interactively integrated with a colorful display  and the 3^rd window pane on the bottom shows the size of extension selection.

For ex: When we select the red color part in the bottom pane which has got a larger coverage the corresponding extension file will automatically get selected in the 1^st and 2^nd window pane as show below in the image.

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Image 2.

Ask user to look at the file if not required he can delete the same