OverDisk v0.11 beta

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Description

OverDisk is a disk usage browser. It can be used to quickly find out how a partition's space is distributed among the file system hierarchy.

I've currently stopped working on it, due to a bug in the libraries of the original developing environment. However, I intend to move the project into another suite and incorporate more features from some other utilities I have. So, stay tuned... final version coming Real Soon Now™ ;)

In the meantime, you can download an alpha version, complete with installer/uninstaller and (slightly out-of-date) documentation. Note that this is pre-release software and represents work in progress. Nevertheless, I've been using it for quite some time now and the only problem is that it occasionally crashes after several refreshes. No serious system implications have been observed, especially on WinXP, which is a pretty robust OS! :)

What's New

• Resizable statistics dialog; removed expand-on-demand.
• Full-row select for various lists (statistics & sys drive dlg...).
• Persistent size/pos of resizable dlgs: stats, histogram, sys drives.
• Scanning dlg: reduce update freq (from 0.1 to 1sec) & removed potential small delay on close.
• Better folder browser for "Any Folder" (where supported).
• The System Drives Info dialog now reads information asynchronously. Also the order that the drives are examined is based on their type to avoid waiting for slow drive types. The order is: ram-disks, fixed drives, optical, removable, network.
• Extended option "Auto scan drive on startup" to accept a directory instead.
• Doesn't autoscan the first hard drive by default on the first run.
• XP theme compatibility.

Usage

To load a directory structure you can select a root path from the Root menu or the first combo box (they both list all the available partitions). To scan only a specific folder, select Root|Any Folder and use the standard Windows folder selection dialog.

OverDisk also adds a command to the shell's menu for items that can be scanned (drives and physical folder). So, you can also right-click on a folder anywhere in Windows and select "OverDisk" to launch the program and start scanning that folder.

Once a directory structure is scanned and loaded, OverDisk doesn't monitor for changes. If you make any changes and want them to be reflected in the program, you'll have to refresh by selecting View|Rescan or pressing F5. This will rescan only the currently shown folder and it's subfolders. To rescan the whole tree use View|Rescan All or Sh-F5.

You can also find some useful options and statistics in the Tools menu, including a graphical distribution of the scanned file sizes (File Sizes Histogram) and detailed info about all the system partitions (System Drives Info).