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Overv t1_iyd1cvy wrote

Reply to comment by BaconIsAVeg2 in eli5. If Windows is an 11gb download, why do you need at least 65gbs free on your hard drive to run it? by graemo72

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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