How to recursively find big files in a directory on a Windows 7 operating system

Question

IT is on my case. They say I am using too much hard drive space, and need to use less.

I start looking for the culprits which are huge and are the cause. Problem is I have multiple nested directories, and am having a hard time finding them.

How can I do find the big files in a given directory and its sub-directories? Ideally, I would be able to sort them from large to small.

Thanks

@gronostaj. Thanks, WinDirStat seems to be a good solution. – user1032531 Nov 02 '13 at 22:36 — user1032531, Nov 02 '13 at 22:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '13 at 00:59

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TreeSize Free and Spacesniffer are both great tools for this. I particularly like the visual presentation in Spacesniffer although it is very memory intensive as it updates in realtime.

answered Nov 03 '13 at 00:59

chrissyg

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '13 at 23:02

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One word (er, two) SpaceMonger... There are other tools, but this one is dear to me.

answered Nov 02 '13 at 23:02

jredd

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How to recursively find big files in a directory on a Windows 7 operating system

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