Comments on: How to Visualize Files on Your Hard Drive

By: Patrick Korkuch

Patrick Korkuch — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:38:02 +0000

This looks so cool! I’ve been looking for a way to see files on a hard drive, and this looks like the perfect solution.

By: Alex Tsui

Alex Tsui — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:25:03 +0000

There are many things interesting about this program. We regularly think of data and files on our Hard Disk Drives as hexadecimals and binary codes that no normal human can naturally comprehend. Yet, this program changes almost everything on the statement I have just provided.

This program says something to its users. This program says that files are not just bits of numbers and letters, but more of an image. It is based on the way it is organized and works in an interesting way. To see a different view on files on a regular hard disk drive is just astounding.

By: Diabolic Preacher

Diabolic Preacher — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:52:04 +0000

WinDirStat on windows, filelight on kde are my favorites. Its only upon using these tools that you know where all the actual space hoggers are hiding. remnants of installers, temp files, intermediate media files, the movie you thought u deleted and the that tiny text file with your bank account number :P well, not really, but it helps…we don’t need 3d but a 2d area map, is great and windirstat lets you delete the files from there itself if you want to free up space, or you could visit the folder in explorer and clear up things yourself.
StepTree looks like old software.

By: emerysteele

emerysteele — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:01:19 +0000

Wow this is so cool. I have been looking for something kind of like this for a little while and then i came here and found it. You guys are awesome. Thanks Chris & WillFM.

By: RabbitsInBlack

RabbitsInBlack — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:18:04 +0000

Nice Idea looks like almost the Jurassic Park Idea but could use some improvement. The question is, tho, Why? It really does show real purpose just some Icandy.

By: Kerrick

Kerrick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:56:02 +0000

I use WinDirStat Portalbe from PortableApps.com, it’s really handy.

By: Dod

Dod — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:22:14 +0000

oups…and I forgot…StepTree use TONS of memory.

I tested it on a small 40GB with 55.000 files 3.000 folders partition : it used 250MB physical RAM plus 200MB of swapped memory !!!

By: Dod

Dod — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:16:37 +0000

Hi,

Personnaly I use TreeSize freeware version for years, but it’s folder’s size oriented not per file type.

You also have WinDirStat freeware that do same as StepTree but no 3D and much much faster !

regards.