Windows Explorer meets The-Matrix! (SequoiaView)

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Wayne Youngman

Hi,

Just read a little about this cool piece of software in an issue of PC-Pro
magazine.

SequoiaView is a small app that lets you *view* your data drives in a new
way. . .

http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

I found this software quiet useful already, loads of rarely used *Huge*
files stuffed away in my Data-Archives that I wasn't aware of (read:
forgot!), as well as files in the wrong place (like MP3 files buried away in
some invoice folders etc. .).

If you have gigs and gigs of data on different drives, give SequoiaView a
spin and let me know what you think.
 
"Folkert Rienstra" wrote
Never heard of the 'Find' utility in the START menu, did ya?
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Find what though? How can you search for something you don't know is there.
I thinks its easier just to peek into your drives using SequoiaView and
*see* the data files.

Did you try it even?
 
Wayne Youngman said:
Hi,

Just read a little about this cool piece of software in an issue of PC-Pro
magazine.

SequoiaView is a small app that lets you *view* your data drives in a new
way. . .

http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

I found this software quiet useful already, loads of rarely used *Huge*
files stuffed away in my Data-Archives that I wasn't aware of (read:
forgot!), as well as files in the wrong place (like MP3 files buried away in
some invoice folders etc. .).
Click to expand...

Never heard of the 'Find' utility in the START menu, did ya?
 
Wayne said:
Hi,

Just read a little about this cool piece of software in an issue of
PC-Pro magazine.

SequoiaView is a small app that lets you *view* your data drives in a
new way. . .

http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

I found this software quiet useful already, loads of rarely used
*Huge* files stuffed away in my Data-Archives that I wasn't aware of
(read: forgot!), as well as files in the wrong place (like MP3 files
buried away in some invoice folders etc. .).

If you have gigs and gigs of data on different drives, give
SequoiaView a spin and let me know what you think.
Click to expand...


Just a few days ago I was trying to recall the name of this nifty little
utility. I'd forgotten how practical it is compared to Windows Explorer,
especially when the colour option is enabled.
Thanks for the reminder Wayne.
 
Wayne Youngman said:
"Folkert Rienstra" wrote
Click to expand...

I take that as a NO.
Find what though?
Click to expand...

So Young and such short memory already:
"loads of rarely used *Huge* files stuffed away".
How can you search for something you don't know is there.
Click to expand...

Obviously you didn't even bother to look it up: Try 'Size is:'.
I thinks its easier just to peek into your drives using SequoiaView and
*see* the data files.
Click to expand...

In a very cluttered display.
Did you try it even?
Click to expand...

Yes, I have.
Have had it for at least a year. Have probably not used it for that same
duration.
It is only slightly more useful when you are looking for huge size direc-
tories (not files) when these are filled with a huge number of small files
where 'Find' is of no use.
But, for that I use the 'Folder Size' shell extension from Laurent Berger.
http://space.dolphin.free.fr/
All I have to do is right-click and select 'properties', then 'size'
and it will show directory trees, sorted by (and showing) size.
I can even dump that to textfile for later reference/analysis.
 
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