Disk Space Inspector 3.3.2 - User Guide and FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions - Disk Space Inspector

1. What is the purpose of Disk Space Inspector v.3.0?
   Disk Space Inspector v.3.0 concentrates on disk/directory space usage reporting and monitoring. Creating disk space usage report guarantees making intelligent decisions about upgrades of the storage devices and allows a user to perform intelligent drives cleanup based on the detailed disk space usage information. Disk Space Inspector delivers easy to read and comprehensive reports of file servers' usage by your network users/share names and other file attributes.
   
   
2. How can I easily create my disk space usage reports of my storage devices and what types of report formats are available?
   You can create graphical report or text file reports of the disk space usage and/or file system snapshots. Graphical reports can be created by disk space bar chart or pie chart component. While Text File Reports can be created by Disk Report tool.
   
   
3. Can I create reports automatically?
   Yes. You can use batch mode feature to create text file reports automatically or track directory size data in the silent mode.
   
   
4. My CSV report is not correctly displayed in MS Excel, what's wrong?
   By Default Disk Space Inspector use ";" delimiter symbol in CSV reports, but you can set ',' symbol as delimiter by using Disk Report or changing your MS Excel settings.
   
   
5. What is the main advantage of Disk Space Inspector v.3.0?
   
   There are several exclusive features that distinguish Disk Space Inspector v.3.0 software from other similar products:
   • The exceptional simplicity of our software is due to interface user-friendliness and convenience. A user performs minimum steps to analyze and/or report disk space usage by NTFS Owner, Share Name, Type of the file object, etc.
   • The ability of creating both graphical (bar chart and pie chart) and text file reports and using optional folder size viewer built-in tool - a very unique feature only available in Disk Space Inspector. Optional Folder Size Viewer allows you to view sizes of specific directories and/or whole drive/volume. Therefore, it saves your time in case if you monitor only specific folders on the drive.
   • The ability of searching for directories/folders by size.
   • The ability of creating text file reports automatically by using batch mode.
   
   
   
6. What operating systems does Disk Space Inspector v.3.0 run on?
   Disk Space Inspector runs on any operating system of the Windows family: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Min. Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 Server - Min. Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 Professional - Min. Service Pack 1, Windows NT 4.0 Server Service Pack 6, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6, Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 95+IE 4.0 or higher.
   
   
7. What file systems does Disk Space Inspector v.1 support?
   Disk Space Inspector support: FAT 16; FAT 32; NTFS; NWCOMPAT - Nowell File System Compatible with MS Windows Products.
   
   
8. Who will benefit from using Disk Space Inspector?
   
   • Home PC users - remove those double-copies and old documents of no value, free up valuable space and speed up overall system performance!
   • Office PC users - get advanced statistics on documents turnaround, determine primary backup sources, reduce information search time and create a more convenient work environment!
   • System\network administrators - analyze disk space usage on the entire network, pinpoint bottlenecks and manage disk space distribution between network users effectively; process local or shared resources easily at an unbelievable speed!