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Wiztree (Windows, filesystem space visualization)

Wiztree, by Antibody Software, performs space visualization and treemapping in much the same way that WinDirStat and alternatives do, but it directly parses the NTFS Master File Table, allowing it to scan and show an entire drive in just a few seconds.

It is closed-source, and free for personal use. Download here. (Note for those who have problems with moving UI elements: the donate button on the upper right wiggles occasionally and is not removable without a donation.)

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This program has been able to help extract data out of those FOUND.### folders that Windows produces when it runs drive recovery, if you've got some struggling hard drives you need to get data from.

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Since I already use a third-party alternative to WinDirStat, I was curious just how much faster Wiztree is, so I ran a couple tests on my (always nearly full) 1TB SSD drive, and this is what I found (waiting until the visualizer appears, so in some cases a few seconds longer than the reported time to scan)

WinDirStat: 2 minutes 50 seconds

SpaceSniffer (my preferred tool): 45 seconds

Filelight (radial visualizer suggested by @lexi): 47 seconds

Wiztree: 9 seconds

So, yeah, it is impressively faster than the alternatives I tried, that said, I think I still prefer the visuals on SpaceSniffer - I kind of hate the pseudo-3D lensflare that WinDirStat and Wiztree use.

That said - great account! Looking forward to other useful tools I may not already have an alternative for.

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