What is a hard disk? A hard disk is a device for storing and retrieving digital information such as data on a computer and contains a magnetic platter. Judging from the understanding of the hard disk, we certainly understand that this component is one of the main / important parts in the computer.
Because the hard disk is used as a storage medium, when the hard disk is full, the computer's performance will be slow. This will certainly interfere with your activities in front of the computer screen. In addition, you certainly cannot save other files or install applications on your computer because there is no more space to store these files.
The number of files stored and applications installed on the computer must of course be balanced with adequate storage capacity. Well, if your hard disk is full then you will certainly delete some files to make space. Well, the problem is, sometimes you are confused about what to delete. For that, you need to know what makes your hard disk full.
In this article, I will explain how to find out what is making your hard disk full. For more information, let's see the explanation below.
How to Know What Makes a Hard Drive Full
Here, I will use the WinDirStat (Windows Directory Statistics) application. This application can be used for free and is reliable and powerful. The application is certainly worth a try because the results are satisfying. First, I will explain how to install WinDirStart and how to use it. Pay attention to the explanation below.
1. First, download WinDirStat on this link.
2. Open the WinDirStat installer storage directory, then double click on the WinDirStat installer as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
3. Check I accept the terms in the License Agreement then click the Next button as indicated by the arrow in the image below. How to Know What Makes a Hard Drive Full
4. Then, click the Next button as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
5. After that, click the Install button as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
6. After the installation process is complete, click the Next button as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
7. Finally, click the Close button as indicated by the arrow in the image below.
How to Use WinDirStat
1. Run the WinDirStat application on your PC. Then a window will appear as shown in the image below.
2. At this stage, we will choose which drives will be scanned by WinDirStat. Here, I select all existing drives. Then, click OK to start scanning.
3. Wait until the scanning process is complete.
4. The result will look like in the image below. Here's the statement:
You can see the percentage of files that are on your drive. That way, you can find out which files are taking up the most storage (marked by the red box).
There is a mapping that describes how your files fill the storage. Here, you can see what is taking up the most space (marked by the yellow box).
You can also see which file extensions are taking up the most of your storage space. On my PC, the .mp4 extension is the file type that takes up the most space on my storage (marked by the blue box).
5. You can delete files that you think are only taking up storage space. The trick is to right click on the file >> Delete (to Recycle Bin).
Easy, right? That's a discussion about how to find out what files make your hard drive full. Well, hopefully the discussion that has been described above is useful and good luck. Thank You!