Disk space analyzer
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A disk space analyzer (or disk usage analysis software) is a software utility for the visualization of disk space usage by getting the size for each folder (including sub-folders) and files in a folder or drive. Most of these applications analyze this information to generate a graphical chart showing disk usage distribution according to folders or other user defined criteria.
Main features
Features commonly present in this type of software:
- May scan files, folders, drives size
- Presents graphical utilization information chart
- Lists files/folders according to configurable criteria
Extra features
Other common features of this category of programs:
- May export result to a HTML, XML, Excel
- Can be used to find duplicated files and folders
- Can calculate file checksums
- May integrate with system shell
- May use treemaps
- Can cleanup files
- May perform scheduled filesystem scans
- Can include and exclude certain files and folders in scan
- May present disk health indicators using S.M.A.R.T.