Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix du command?

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I am troubleshooting performance on a PC with (running Windows 7) whose hard disk is almost full. I am assuming that there is some directory where the user has dumped many large files. On Unix, I would use the 'du' command to determine which directories contributed most to disk usage. How do I accomplish this on Windows? TIA - Frank

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:47

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There is the sysinternals du command but you may find something more native like getfoldersize easier to use.

answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:47

user9517

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:46

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Use something like TreeSize Free from JAM Software or WinDirStat which is open source.

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squillman

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:45

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I think you are looking for WinDirStat

http://windirstat.info/

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Bogdacutu

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:47

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I'm not aware of any cli tools for checking disk usage. I usually use windirstat to track down what is using my diskspace.

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Sgaduuw

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:57

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Just to weigh in on GUI tools, I prefer sunburst-style graphs, like Scanner2, to treemaps like WinDirStat; I think they're much easier to read.

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wfaulk

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Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix du command?

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