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Effectively Manage Disk Space Usage

Believe it or not, disk space is much more than just a dwindling number on your hard disk. To get the most out of your hard drive's storage space, you need to understand how your disk space is being used, and devise strategies to effectively manage that usage. And there's just no better way than with today's discount software promotion, DiskFerret!

DiskFerret analyzes the files in any hard drive, network share, or folder, producing charts and info to show you exactly where and how your disk space is being used! With DiskFerret, you'll be able to quickly identify the largest folders and files, oldest files, and duplicate files, as well as the most egregious disk-munching users on your network. And it's not just for show, either -- DiskFerret gives you everything that you need to delete these files, or ZIP them up for archiving!

It's easy to get up and running with DiskFerret, thanks to a slick and intuitive interface that gives you easy access to location history, direct entry of specific file system locations, and the ability to launch a file with just a couple of clicks. Once you clean up your files, you'll be astounded at how much better your system performs when it has room to breathe!

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joel kens You must install/register the software within 30 days, and cannot do so afterwards. Not cool.
Oct 27 2012 at 2:23am
Tom R Really disappointed with this software. Although my computer is rather old, it runs all other software that i care to use at a reasonable speed on its 2.8ghz Pentium 4. Diskferret, however, takes so long to do most operations that it is practically unusable. Scanning takes a little while depending on how big the folder/drive is, which is expected.
But when not actually scanning, and just changing from one kind of display to another, can take minutes rather than seconds. I am quite a patient person, but even to me there are limits to what is tolerable.
This is a real pity, because i used to use an old program called Scanner 2.10. Then more recently started using TreeSize, and was hoping this would be a worthy replacement. But alas, i will go back to using TreeSize because although it has less features, i don't have to sit around for so long waiting for my system resources to be handed back every time i do any operation.
Oct 27 2012 at 3:34am
Upset User Impossible to activate the soft....
Oct 27 2012 at 3:58am
Ray Newman Joel, Not sure if this is what you are asking but if you need to move the application to another computer there is a function to release a license from your current computer which then allows you to activate the app on another computer.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 5:15am
Ray Newman Upset User, Contact support@diskferret.com with details of your activation issues and we'll work to get the issue resolved.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 5:18am
Terence McBride Thank you for making this software free to all that come,
Oct 27 2012 at 5:30am
Ed Lippert I like it... I'm a corporate IT guy and I just ran DiskFerret to compare it to a couple of other similar products we use almost daily. It was comparable in speed, even with huge networked drives. I just scanned a 67GB networked drive over VPN and it took about ten minutes which was actually a little quicker than SpaceMonger. I like the look and feel and the functionality is adequate. 4 out of 5 stars...
Oct 27 2012 at 5:55am
P C Just installed DiskFerret. It runs pretty fast and looks good.
Oct 27 2012 at 6:07am
Ray Newman Terrance, You are more than welcome. If you find the software useful please tell your friends and colleagues about it.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 6:09am
Cary Mathers I hoped that this would replace my use of WinDirStat, but with the issues of licensing and payment options expressed here, I'll sit it out a bit longer to see what alternatives might be offered before this deal goes away.

Don't let a promising product wither and die due to rigid business practices.
Oct 27 2012 at 6:11am
Grand Ong Can't see how.
Closed immediately every time I tried to run it
Oct 27 2012 at 6:11am
Ray Newman Carl, I am a bit confused by your comments. There are no payment options, the software is free today. When you click on the Get It For Free button bitsdujour will send you an activation code. All we ask is that you activate the application on at least 1 computer within 30 days. At any time during or after 30 days you can move the license to another computer by using the release license option on the computer where the license has been activated.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 6:47am
Ray Newman Grand, Contact support@diskferret.com if you're willing to invest a little time in trying to get the problem resolved.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 6:50am
Grand Ong @Ray Newman
Thank you for the respond.

It was my mistake, try to register on a pc with no internet connection, which then forced to close by it self. Can't make it run since then.
Uninstall, reinstall, then activate (online) again, solves my problem.

But, something is missing here..
The program should warn user that internet connection is required for activation. Not just forced to close the program and won't allow the program runs afterward, don't you?

But still, thank you.
Now I have time to test & play with it, then decide whether to keep it, or to uninstall it if not suit me
Oct 27 2012 at 8:48am
Terence McBride @Ray Newman
I started up the DiskFerrt and within seconds it shown that I was carrying approx. 15GB in 2 files, within five minutes my SSD gained extra space... This is one happy customer, thank you.
Oct 27 2012 at 8:49am
Colin McAllister on Windows XP Service Pack 3, I tried downloading from the website itself and still get this...

"Checking your .NET Framework version...
MSI3.1 already installed
MSI3.1 installation done. Proceeding with remainder of installation.
.NET Framework Version found: 2.0.50727, equal or newer to required version: 2.
Proceeding with remainder of installation.
Beginning download of Visual Studio 2008 C++ Redistributable
Completed download.
Pausing installation while downloaded Visual Studio 2008 C++ Redistributable installer runs.
Execute: C:\DOCUME~1\Guest\LOCALS~1\Temp\vcredist_x86.exe /q:a /c:"VCREDI~2.EXE /q:a /c:""msiexec /i vcredist.msi /qn"" "
Completed Visual Studio 2008 C++ Redistributable install/update. Exit code = '4097'. Removing Visual Studio 2008 C++ Redistributable installer.
Delete file: C:\DOCUME~1\Guest\LOCALS~1\Temp\vcredist_x86.exe
Visual Studio 2008 C++ Redistributable installer removed.
Output folder: C:\Program Files\DiskFerret
Can't write: C:\Program Files\DiskFerret\DiskFerret.exe
Oct 27 2012 at 9:40am
Ray Newman Colin, Exit code = '4097' in the Visual Studio 2008 C++ Redistributable indicates that "You do not have the permissions required to install or uninstall this application." Are you a local system administrator?
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 9:48am
Peter R Should DiskFerret show up in the file explorer right-click menu? I use DOpus, so I do not know if it does so, but only in win explorer.
If this function is not built in, I think it would be nice to have it.

Thank you for giving this one away for free.
Oct 27 2012 at 10:57am
Ray Newman Peter, There is no explorer context menu in the current version. It's on our ToDo list. Thanks for the feedback.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 11:20am
Roberto is planned an usb/portable version?
Oct 27 2012 at 11:45am
Ray Newman Roberto, We don't currently have a usb/portable version. Maybe in the future...

You might want to try DiskFerret Lite, our free version which runs in a browser http://www.diskferret.com/lite.html. Capabilities are limited but you can run it from any computer that has Java installed and has an internet connection.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 11:51am
DrTeeth
Oct 27 2012 at 1:21pm
loving thesixties I accidentally entered the license key for another product entirely and now DiskFerret gives a Java Platform not working error and refuses to run at all. I am not a programmer, but if you could tell me how to delete the wrong license key manually (i.e. where is it?), then maybe I could start all over again. I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling and that put me right back where I was before, so that is not the answer. Revo uninstaller and Ashampoo Uninstaller don't even show DiskFerret as being installed, so the only way I have to uninstall it is through Control Panel (I'm using 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium.). Can you help me with this problem? Thanks.
Oct 27 2012 at 2:08pm
Ray Newman Open a command prompt
Type
cd "\program files\diskferret"
Type
diskferret /deletelicense

This should cleanup any corrupted license activations.

Run DiskFerret
If it runs and displays a dialog that indicates that you have 30 days left on your evaluation, try activating it again.

Let support know the results at support@diskferret.com
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 2:18pm
John Smith I registered for the free software offer, I received the code, I installed the product.
Upon activation I receive the following message:

FAILED TO validate request because the time between server and client is not synchronized. Difference in time is 21730.
Oct 27 2012 at 2:35pm
Ray Newman John, I'm guessing that your system date and time is not correct. Check your system date and time (Control Panel, Date and Time). Send your results to support@diskferret.com and we'll work with you to resolve the issue.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 2:41pm
RichU I installed on XP, but when I tried to run the program I received:
"could not create the Java virtual machine"
Was not given opportunity to register.
Thanks
Oct 27 2012 at 7:49pm
Ray Newman RichU, Contact support@diskferret.com with your problem report and we will help you get it resolved.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 27 2012 at 7:57pm
Danny Yet even in short: this license has a temporary shelf life of 30 days. But how should I interpret it now: activated within 30 days to put it in pemanent license or is this license for one-time use, and not possible to install to a different pc after craching?
Oct 27 2012 at 10:42pm
h s Is it possible to release the licence if the licensed pc becomes and needs a fresh is install?
Oct 28 2012 at 12:08am
Neil Condon installed today. Also needed to install Java. Program starts but then "disappears". Appears to abort. Can't see in running applications or processes lists. Have re-booted without success. Contempating reinstall or just removing and moving on....
Oct 28 2012 at 12:15am
Oliver Solano I downloaded and installed this but it just wont run.

All I see is the diskferret logo (pie diagram) for a second then it closes and nothing else happens.
Oct 28 2012 at 3:12am
Danny But even in short: this license has a temporary shelf life of 30 days. But how do I now interpret: activated within 30 days to put it in permanently license or is this license for one-time use and it is not possible to install to a different pc after craching?
Oct 28 2012 at 5:36am
Ray Newman Folks, DiskFerret's license allows the software to be used non-simultaneously by a single user on up to 3 fixed computers, or may be used non-simultaneously by multiple users on a single computer. That means you get 3 activations. You must activate the software on at least 1 computer within the 1st 30 days. At any point during or after the 30 days you can activate on 2 other computers provided the software is used non-simultaneously by a single user. At any point during or after the 30 days you can release a license and activate on another computer. If you've used all of your activations and your computer crashes, giving you not way to release the license, contact support@diskferret.com.

For those of you who had problems that were not addressed yesterday, pleaase contact support@diskferret.com. Most of the problems encountered are typicall related to system permissions, so be sure to run the installer as and administrator and after installing run the app as an administrator.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 28 2012 at 6:48am
Danny I have no clear answer to my question. I dare even attempt: If I this license on my current pc install, but next year or later, a new pc purchase, can I use this license code further with the new pc?
Oct 28 2012 at 6:56am
Ray Newman Danny, What point are you not clear on? If you want to move a license from 1 computer to another, you release it on the computer where it is activated and activate on the new computer.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 28 2012 at 7:04am
Danny @Ray Newman

Me is about whether this free license obtained temporary or permanent in nature after the activation, because it needs to be activated within 30. Hence the confusion. But you now have a clear answer, thanks for the effort!
Oct 28 2012 at 7:27am
Oliver Solano Thanks to DiskFerret and Ray Newman for the support.

I got your e-mail and I ran the program as an admin and the problem was solved.

I activated the the license without hassles.

I ran the program and I was really impressed.

Powerful piece of software.

Thanks to BDJ and DiskFerret for the promotion!

Keep up the great work!
Oct 28 2012 at 8:16am
Danny @Oliver Solano,

I am agree! It is one of the many gems that the top tool softwares belongs!
Oct 28 2012 at 12:39pm
Tony K Just took advantage of your offer and within 30 minutes had saved over 30GB. Thak you. Credit where it is due
Tony
Oct 29 2012 at 1:30am
loving thesixties I did as you suggested, and then uninstalled DiskFerret, reinstalled it and restarted windows for good measure, but I am still getting the same error message: "Java(TM) Platform SE binary has stopped working." Must be something else corrupted that I can't find since I already deleted everything with diskferret in the name. Any clue as to what I should do next? For instance, should I see if installing DiskFerret to a different folder would make any difference, even though that seems unlikely to help as far as I can see, anyway? I even used JavaRa to completely remove the slightly out of date Java and updated to the newest one available to see if that might help, and it didn't. P.S. after all the reinstalls, I am not getting the error message any more, but it still won't do anything except flash the logo up for a second or two when I try to run DiskFerret. Once I did get a message that it could not create the JVM, but no more. So I am currently at a loss as to what to try next, and I'd appreciate any help. Thank you.
Oct 29 2012 at 2:45pm
Ray Newman loving thesixties, contact support@diskferret.com and we'll help you get it resolved. We had several similar instances and it's been user permission issues.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Oct 29 2012 at 3:22pm
loving thesixties thank you for the reply. I'll do that as soon as I finish a top priority project, which will probably be this evening sometime, hopefully.
Oct 30 2012 at 8:41am
George Butel Installing the program and running it gives a dialog box that says that the program requires Java version 1.6.0. My Java is the most recent version, 1.7.0_09. In order to run the program, I would have to downgrade to an older, less secure version of Java.
Trying to login here to post this comment as a registered BitsDuJour customer, Kaspersky will not let me, and tells me that this is a known phishing site.
Nov 16 2012 at 6:04am
Ray Newman George, DiskFerret has a minimum requirement of Java 1.6.0 but it runs fine with later versions of Java and does not force you to downgrade to 1.6 if you are running 1.7.0_09. Something else is amiss, possibly a corrupt install of Java... Please contact support@diskferret.com and we'll work with you on analyzing the issue.

My guess on Kaspersky telling you that BitsDuJour is a phishing site is that Kaspersky is badly mistaken.
Swooft Software, LLC Vendor - Nov 16 2012 at 4:12pm
George Butel Knowing how inefficient Java updating is (I don't know whether it's the fault of Oracle and/or Windows)--i.e., there are always traces of older versions--I went to the Control Panel and uninstalled all Java. Then, I opened Revo Uninstaller, and, lo and behold, it showed an older version of Java present that was unknown to the Control Panel, so I tried to uninstall it, and, although there was no uninstaller, Revo did find a bunch of Java 1.6 reg entries and folders, so I got rid of all that. Then, just to make sure, I followed the procedure at http://forums.whatthetech...pic=104537 and downloaded a little file that checks for a couple of reg entries that characteristically cause Java update problems. Then, I verified Java, and Chrome kept saying it wasn't installed, and I kept going around in circles with Chrome and Java, installing it via Chrome, only to have it tell me that it wasn't installed after successfully installing it, so I uninstalled and reinstalled Chrome. Then, all the Java everywhere (Chrome, IE and Firefox) was working, and there was only one version--and, DiskFerret installed perfectly. I don't know if it was the old versions of Java that were interfering, or if it might have been JavaFX 2.1.1, which I don't remember installing, but I uninstalled anyway. JavaFX 2.1.1 had to have been part of some other program I haven't used in a while; I'm sure I'll find out which one when it doesn't work.
I was concerned about the Kaspersky message because of a recent warning from Sophos and some other site about safety issues at a number of very well-known freeware and regular software download sites. BitsDuJour was not mentioned in their warnings, and I had not had any problems with the individual programs I'd gotten from BDJ, but I suddenly became concerned about the fact that I did not remember seeing any banners plastered around BDJ bragging about how safe their downloads are.
Nov 17 2012 at 7:57am
loving thesixties For the record, support@DiskFerret worked hard (and smart, too) directly with me to successfully and quickly resolve the problem(s) that I had earlier, so I can heartily recommend that anyone else who has a problem do likewise. They really do support their product(s).
Nov 17 2012 at 8:45am
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