Disk space and file types used

[Howard Kaikow]

To see how effective is the compression of a backup program, it is necessary to know how many bytes are actually on the source drives to be backed up.

Over the years, I've needlessly wasted time starting My Computer and copying the info into an Excel spreadsheet to determine disk use.

I finally got around to writing a quickie program to get the info.

See http://www.standards.com/index.html?GetDiskSpaceUsed

Also, see http://www.standards.com/index.html?GetFileTypeDistribution

Periodically, I may post updates to the programs described in this thread.

When I do, I will try to remember to modify the relevant HTML page to update the program's version number, I will no longer announce such things here.

I did this last night for http://www.standards.com/index.html?GetFileTypeDistribution

So, if you encounter a problem, please first try the latest version before reporting the problem.

[Howard Kaikow]

I just made available a major update to both programs.

Program should now work in Win 95 (OSR2 or not). This change was tricky.

[Howard Kaikow]

I've posted a major update at http://www.standards.com/index.html?GetFileTypeDistribution.

More options, "better" "documentation".