When acquiring a new PC, you may have the luxury of fast speeds,
an upgrade in OS or user experience and most importantly, a huge
storage
capacity. A few years down the road, your computer starts to lose speed
and the natural way to salvage the situation is probably to
start removing, deleting and uninstalling applications.
Yet try as you might, you notice that you are not getting any of the space back. Why? Chances are, there are
files that cannot be removed by mere uninstallation;
system log files and cache files, to begin with. To do that, you need
to find software that can help you scan, detect and find these
space-hogging files so you can get them out of the system.
The good news is there are plenty of such apps to be found online, to top it all off, many of them are free. Here are
5 multiple-solution applications to help you reclaim storage space in your PC.
SpaceSniffer is a file-scanning software that scans through all the files in your hard disk. It arranges them nicely in
customizable file display colors and
filters
in rectangle sizes that represent the file size. You can then determine
which file is taking the most space in your computer amd delete them
from within this software.
It includes
drag-and-drop support, zoomable elements, temp-file tagging for easier filtering, multiple scans, does not require installation, among others. SpaceSniffer will
refresh every few seconds
to show you in real-time the data transfer that occurs in your hard
disk. Speed, interface and graphical wise, SpaceSniffer is easily one of
the best software in its category.
DoubleKiller
locates every duplicate file that
exists in your hard disk via 4 criteria: file name, file size, last
modified date and content. The whole file will be scanned to ensure that
it is an exact duplicate, so to cut down on the scanning time, you can
exclude files, limit the search to specific file formats, or specific directories.
The results of the scans will be presented to you and you get to choose
to delete all the duplicates or store them up in a separate folder
(which is actually recommended).
The program also advises against running it on the Windows directory
as some duplicates are necessary for the system to work. You should only
delete files that you know you don’t need two or more copies of. There
is a pro version with more features, compare them
here.
UnCleaner is a one-click cleaner software that
scans over your PC in detail to remove unnecessary files on your computer such as Windows Update Downloaded & Log Files, ApplicationData SubItems Logs, Microsoft .NET Framework Logs and
many more here. It uses an advanced reverse search engine for faster cleaning and optimization of your computer.
UnCleaner also comes with an Auto-Clean feature that will clean the
system during every startup without affecting your PC startup time. The
best part of this software is that
everything is automatic and safe to use, and all that left for the user to do is just to click ‘Clean’ once the initial scan is over.
SlimCleaner is a fast PC cleaning software and optimizer, but on top
of that it also tells you which software to keep or to remove. Its
community of users will provide ratings of software, giving you reasons
to
Keep or Remove particular software. You can
similarly give your ratings to these software by joining in anonymously,
with your Facebook account or with a free SlimWare Utilities account.
As a tool for PC maintenance, it serves its users well in terms of
drive optimizer, disk tools, windows tools and hijack log. It can also
help you find duplicated files, check and update your many applications
and software so you don’t have to.
The largest collection of files in your hard disk is most probably
your photos! And they just sit there taking up space while waiting for
your next round of let’s remember the old times. So why not compress
them into a different format that takes up smaller space with no loss in
quality? PNGGauntlet
converts JPG, GIF, TIFF and BMP files to PNG with Ultra-configurable settings for best results.
It combines
PNGOUT,
OptiPNG and
DeflOpt to churn out your pictures in the smallest PNGs. This software is fairly easy to use, you just need to set the ‘
Output Directory‘,
drag your images inside PNGGauntlet and click
optimize.
This will be especially useful for those who dabble with cameras and
photography and never seem to have enough space for all their pictures.
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