Disk Space Fan

4.5.4.152

Software information

License:

Shareware (Free to try)


Updated:

03 Jan 2013


Publisher:

Cookapp

Website:

http://diskspacefan.com

Software Screenshots

Size: 1 MB


Downloads: 3778


Platform: Windows (All Versions)

Review by Jerome Johnston (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 26 Mar 2012

If you have a large hard disk and a huge number of files and folders stored on it, you may want to know, for example, which files take up the most hard disk space. Knowing this can help you save disk space, as those files may not be needed by any application and can be safely deleted. Windows can not help you here, as it doesn't have an option for displaying detailed information about free space and files and folders stored on the hard disk. That's why one should turn to additional applications like Disk Space Fan, for showing various information regarding the usage of the hard disk.

As I mentioned before, Disk Space Fan is a Windows application that can be easily installed by any user familiar with Windows installation wizards. Not only the installation is simple, but also the program's interface. Its graphical form makes the program accessible to any kind of computer user.

When running Disk Space Fan, the user should first click on the scan button. Doing so will make the program scan all the files and folders stored on a certain partition and display a graphical report in the end. This report can be deeply customized. As such, one can choose to display only images, music files or videos and even duplicates. There are custom filters that can be added to Disk Space Fan, thus allowing the user to manipulate the way file and folder information is displayed.

As such, only certain types of files can be displayed. The graphical display of the report makes the user quickly see how files and folders are distributed on the hard disk. Besides showing file and folder information in a graphical way, Disk Space Fan can also display this as a list, similar to Windows Explorer. Thus, one will know what files and folders are taking up most disk space.

Disk Space Fan is virtually compatible with any hard disk size and any file system and there is no limit in the size of a file. Besides that, the interface can be deeply customized and all its colors can be changed. Furthermore, certain folders can be excluded from the scanning process, for example, the Windows folder. This will avoid looking for duplicates in that folder and deleting important files.

Pros

It can display the distribution of files and folders in a graphical way and also in a Windows Explorer-like view, allowing the user to see what files and folders take up the most disk space. Besides that, the program is compatible with any hard disk size and any file system. Furthermore, it can look for duplicates and can display scanned files according to their type or size.

Cons

There aren't so many options available in the interface. Disk Space Fan is a complete hard disk space manager that allows you to see exactly how files and folders are distributed on a partition.

Disk Space Fan
4.5.4.152

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Disk Space Fan Editor’s Review Rating

Disk Space Fan has been reviewed by Jerome Johnston on 26 Mar 2012. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Disk Space Fan 5 out of 5 stars, naming it Essential

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