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ikantolol t1_iycjtep wrote

Because download size does not equal installed size. A bunch of files can be compressed to be much smaller in order to make downloading faster.

to find out what's taking up your space, I recommend WizTree

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twotall88 t1_iycmvg2 wrote

There's also a certain amount of drive space the operating system reserves for its use whether it uses it or not as a "just in case so it doesn't go belly up if it does need it" scenario.

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BaconIsAVeg2 t1_iycug2l wrote

https://windirstat.net/

Seems less sketchy that that other one.

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Overv t1_iyd1cvy wrote

I agree that the website looks like a typical sketchy software site, but if you've ever tried WizTree then there is no going back to WinDirStat.

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ToxiClay t1_iyd2jnk wrote

Can confirm. I was slightly skeptical as well but holy balls is WizTree so much faster on the scan.

It doesn't appear to sacrifice anything significant in terms of accuracy to achieve it, either.

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roberth_001 t1_iydccbz wrote

Wiztree uses the File Allocation Table where possible to massively speed up discovery. I don't believe Wiztree supports that, it certainly never used to

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Halvus_I t1_iydvhb2 wrote

Can it see Windows Store files? WinDirStat was blind to that for a long time.

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ViggyNash t1_iyd5gzk wrote

I've been using this for years, excellent tool

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finlandery t1_iycynzk wrote

This is one of the best old programs. Really cleand and easy to use

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i_used_to_have_pants t1_iycp64w wrote

The other part missing there is that those files you download will create many other files.

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randomFrenchDeadbeat t1_iycwr45 wrote

Not just that.

He is talking about running size.

Add temporary folders, ram image file for sleep mode and the like.

Is question can be replaced with people:

"how is it that a baby is so small but it requires a lot of room when it wants to run as ann adult" .

The answer to both questions is "they are unrelated".

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augustuen t1_iyd1mnb wrote

In addition to that, the first thing you should do after installing is run Windows update to get the latest patches and drivers for your stuff. That takes up room.

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