So you peruse through your computer one day and you notice that for some odd reason you hard drive space has shrunk tremendously. What could possibly be causing this shortage of precious space? There are quite a number of things that could actually be causing this, of course if you have alot of programs, videos and picture on your computer then your question to this problem is already answered. However, for most of us the answer to this question is not so easy to come by. Spyware often is the cause of this as it silently sneaks on to your computer and installs unwanted software. Even the most sophisticated anti spyware software sometimes lets spyware through.
If you want to get an idea of what is actually taking up your hard drive space I would recommend a little piece of software called Windir Stat. It scans your computer files and displays them as blocks, the larger the block the larger the file and as you guessed it the more hard drive space it takes up. It will even tell you the location of the file. In many cases, the file can be deleted, saving you some much needed hard drive space. I freed up 2 gigs of space. You can also check the location of any spyware that might have been installed.
All in all I think this is a must have for anyone, its a great analysis tool that lets you see the big picture on your hard drive, it also helps that it is free too!
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