![]() ![]() However, for those of us who don’t like our machines doing anything “automatically”, these kinds of disk maps are not what we want. Now there are some disk maps… and they’re mostly commercial, not free… which will actually “automatically” delete certain files you name with certain parameters (like “anything over xxMB”, or “desktop.ini” files, or ReadMe files, whatever). They can have other uses, but “getting rid of clutter” is a primary function. Well, if you want to play Suzie Spotless and remove old files/folders you no longer need or use, they give you, at a glance, a good handle on which files/folders take up the most space on your disk… in other words, what would get you “the biggest bang for the buck” for if you deleted it. Now what is the usefulness of these utilities? ![]() it is one of the many graphical disk maps out there, and this article is NOT about JDiskReport specifically.) (The use of the screen shot for “JDiskReport” here is just for the purpose of an example. That graphical representation can be a pie chart, a bar chart, 3D boxes, or any kind of visual representation that gives the user some idea of the size of the folder or file in relation to the size of other folders or files on the same storage medium. The phrase “graphical disk map” is a general description for a group of software, both commercial and free, which tells you the size of a folder or file with a graphical representation, OR it is actually the precise name of a specific piece of software (free BTW) which does that job.
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