Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix du command?

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What are good tools to show disk usage (for Windows)?
How to determine a disk consuming service in Windows 2008 server?

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

http://serverfault.com/questions/1687/what-are-good-tools-to-show-disk-usage-for-windows, http://serverfault.com/questions/94757/server-clean-up-tool, http://serverfault.com/questions/176123/how-to-determine-a-disk-consuming-service-in-windows-2008-server — quanta, Aug 08 '11 at 14:46
sorry for the dupe. thanks all for pointing me in the right direction! — Frank, Aug 08 '11 at 15:44
[Scanner](http://steffengerlach.de/freeware/) worked for me. Thanks all. — Frank, Aug 10 '11 at 13:06

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.

answered Aug 08 '11 at 14:46

squillman

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Du (disk usage) reports the disk space usage for the directory you specify. By default it recurses directories to show the total size of a directory and its subdirectories. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/du – Aruna Mar 20 '21 at 23:07

score 9 · Answer 2 · 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.

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+1 for sysinternals. Even if you don't use du, the other commands make this suite invaluable on a Windows system. – Bart Silverstrim Aug 08 '11 at 14:51
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+1 for most exact answer, even if some of the others are easier to use. – user3490 Aug 06 '13 at 10:43

score 4 · 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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I have used WinDirStat for years, it gives you a good overview in under a minute. – Lucky Luke Aug 08 '11 at 15:02

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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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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Is there a Windows equivalent to the Unix du command?

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