Is your 2TB hard drive clogging up and wondering where all that free disk space has gone? Or do you want to know which user has claimed so much space or which file types all that space has gone to? So you need a disk analysis tool like Xinorbis for that.
Xinorbis
Price
For free
Language
Dutch
OS
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Website
www.xinorbis.com
6 Score 60- Pros
- Thorough file analysis
- Various views
- Negatives
- Somewhat overwhelming interface
- Poor Dutch
Xinorbis is very comprehensive for a tool that analyzes the contents of your drive. It does much more than, for example, list all files with the largest at the top. Also read: How to clone a hard drive.
Analysis round
The first step is to select one or more drives or (network shared) folders that Xinorbis should examine. Searching can take quite some time, depending on the amount of data stored. Afterwards you will see the result in the form of pie charts, including the relative share of system, film, audio, office and image files.
You can also request the data in various other ways with a mouse click. For example, you can see which file types take up the most disk space or how much disk space each folder or user uses, or what the average file size is. Of course, the top hundred of smallest and largest files is also included. It is also possible to request the distribution of various file sizes, whereby the maker does not shy away from some scientific terms, such as Benford's Law or Logarithms. Not all functions of this are equally interesting for the average consumer.
Incidentally, the program has been translated into Dutch, but we still see quite a few English terms.
Reporting
A feature is available that allows you to search for duplicate files, both by file name and by size. It is also possible to generate reports in various formats including csv, html, txt and xml. You have to go and find those files on your disk after creating them. These reports are indeed very detailed, but here too the poor Dutch is a nuisance. So it took us a while to realize that 'drive' meant a 'disk' (drive).
Conclusion
Xinorbis is a useful tool for those who want to get a good idea of where exactly which files are stored on their disk. You can't imagine a display or reporting that Xinorbis does offer it. However, things are sometimes presented somewhat unclearly, especially when you opt for a Dutch-language interface.
