How To Determine Folder Size

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Dave

I would like to determine how much HD space various specific folders on
several drives are taking up. The only way I see to do this is to open all
sub-folders, down to the lowest level, note the size of each file in it,
then add them up.

There has to be a better (easier) way to do this. I sure would appreciate
any suggestions.

Dave

Win XP SP2
with A, C, D, E ,F, G, H & I (external) drives
 
Of great historical significance to all, "Dave"
I would like to determine how much HD space various specific
folders on several drives are taking up. The only way I see
to do this is to open all sub-folders, down to the lowest
level, note the size of each file in it, then add them up.

There has to be a better (easier) way to do this. I sure
would appreciate any suggestions.

Dave

Win XP SP2
with A, C, D, E ,F, G, H & I (external) drives
Click to expand...

Dave,

Check these out, one of them may be what you're looking for.

Disk Space Finder
<http://www.diskspacefinder.com/>

JDiskReport (requires Java installed)
<http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/>

TreeSize Free
<http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml>

hth
 
Dave said:
I would like to determine how much HD space various specific folders on
several drives are taking up. The only way I see to do this is to open all
sub-folders, down to the lowest level, note the size of each file in it,
then add them up.

There has to be a better (easier) way to do this. I sure would appreciate
any suggestions.

Dave

Win XP SP2
with A, C, D, E ,F, G, H & I (external) drives
Click to expand...
The easiest way is to open the Command window, move to the folder
you want to measure and type the command dir /s /a. This will give
you the exact total of of this and all sub-folders to the nearest byte.
 
Dave said:
I would like to determine how much HD space various specific folders on
several drives are taking up. The only way I see to do this is to open all
sub-folders, down to the lowest level, note the size of each file in it,
then add them up.

There has to be a better (easier) way to do this. I sure would appreciate
any suggestions.

Dave

Win XP SP2
with A, C, D, E ,F, G, H & I (external) drives
Click to expand...

For just occasional use, do as John John says - right-click each folder and
left-click Properties from the drop-down menu. If the folders are all at the
same "level", ie you can see them all at the same time in the right-hand
pane of Windows Explorer, then you can Ctrl-left-click to select several at
once, then do the right-click > Properties and get the sum of their sizes.
(You can't do this multiple selecting in the *left*-hand pane.)

I use a utility that adds itself to Windows Explorer and shows folder sizes
as an optional column in the Details view -
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/. This is free - the one LVTravel suggests
is "free to download" but $27.90 for a personal licence <bites tongue>.
 
Dave said:
I would like to determine how much HD space various specific folders on
several drives are taking up. The only way I see to do this is to open all
sub-folders, down to the lowest level, note the size of each file in it,
then add them up.

There has to be a better (easier) way to do this. I sure would appreciate
any suggestions.

Dave

Win XP SP2
with A, C, D, E ,F, G, H & I (external) drives
Click to expand...


Try this program..

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/


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Dave said:
I would like to determine how much HD space various specific folders on
several drives are taking up. The only way I see to do this is to open all
sub-folders, down to the lowest level, note the size of each file in it,
then add them up.

There has to be a better (easier) way to do this. I sure would appreciate
any suggestions.

Dave

Win XP SP2
with A, C, D, E ,F, G, H & I (external) drives
Click to expand...


Wrong link given earlier.. you want this one..

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml


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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc
Mike's Window - My Blog..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
 
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