WizTree

    Identify the data vacuums on your hard drive with pinpoint precision very, very quickly.

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    What is WizTree?

    WizTree scans your entire hard drive and shows you which files and folders are using the most disk space. It does this VERY QUICKLY. In fact, we believe WizTree to be the fastest application of this type currently available! Use the information WizTree provides to quickly locate and remove "space hogs" from your hard drive.

    Features
    * Finds the files and folders using the most space on your hard drive
    * Work VERY Fast! We think it's the fastest application of this type in the world!
    * Finds the top 1000 largest files on your hard drive
    * Sort the contents of your entire hard drive by folder size and optionally delete files and folders

    How does it work?
    WizTree reads the hard drive's Master File Table (MFT) directly from the disk. The MFT is a special hidden file used by the NTFS file system to keep track of all files and folders on a hard drive. It's very fast because scanning for files this way completely bypasses the operating system (Windows).

    Why are some of my drives not selectable?
    WizTree obtains information by directly scanning the the MFT file, so it can only work with local (directly attached) drives formatted with the NTFS file system. It won't work with network drives, substituted drives or non NTFS formatted drives. We may add support for other drive types in the future if there's enough demand.
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    DavidGP
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    • Top positive comment  about 4 years ago • 0 replies
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    Scanning was extremely fast even on a network share -- about 100 times faster than Windirstat.

    After having used Windirstat for "decades" as the best disk usage visualization tool by far, I must say that WizTree is probably the #1 tool to beat now.

    On Windirstat, only the Treemap looks a tiny bit more polished on HiDPI screens, because you can make Windirstat show the colored 'file pillows' with a black grid.

    The Windirstat look:
    https://i.imgur.com/3Btkbl6.jpg

    Same folder in WizTree look:
    https://i.imgur.com/uruTpoA.jpg

    Also, when comparing the two Treemaps, in WizTree there seems to be something cut off at the bottom.

    Other than that, WizTree seems to be perfect.

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    • Top positive comment  10 months ago • 0 replies
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    I switched to it from having used WinDirStat for a long time, since it does the same job but extremely much faster (with NTFS, since it reads the MFT directly).

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    xcasxcursex
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    • Top negative comment  10 months ago • 0 replies
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    This isn't an alternative to windirstat - it's not open source. Having the full knowledge and control over the software is a pretty relevant feature when it's got admin rights to your PC.

    Funny how quickly people will sell out their freedom. Yeh, the old one is slower, for now. I'll just start it and keep multitasking like always.

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    • Review • 6 months ago • 0 replies
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    It's definitely faster than WinDirStat... BUT it doesn't have 2 important features for me right now:

    1. Report creation
    2. Selecting multiple drives/folders
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    • Positive comment • 9 months ago • 0 replies
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    Faster and more updated than WinDirStat
    Free and lightweight.
    Recommended

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    tatubu
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    • Negative comment • 11 months ago • 0 replies
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    Doesn't find the network drive I want to scan. Doesn't post any information about the failure to connect.
    Other apps find the drive right away. TreeSize Pro, WinDirStat, ... They scan slowly, but that's way better than just falling over.

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    • Positive comment • 11 months ago • 0 replies
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    Excellent. Fast and easy to use.

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    Categories

    OS & Utilities • System & Hardware • File Management

    Platform details

    Windows: All versions of Windows from Windows 2000 onwards

    Tags

    • Disk Usage Analyzer
    • treemap
    • largest-files
    • space-usage
    • size-scanner
    • maintenance
    • filesystem-utility

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    Summary

    Our users have written 21 comments and reviews about WizTree, and it has gotten 141 likes

    • Developed by Antibody Software
    • Proprietary and Free Personal product.
    • One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $10 and $500.
    • Average rating of 4.2
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      This isn't an alternative to windirstat - it's not open source. Having the full knowledge and control over the software is a pretty relevant feature when it's got admin rights to your PC. Funny how quickly people will sell out their freedom. Yeh, the old one is slower, for now. I'll just start it and keep multitasking like always.
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