Analyse growth in storage space consumption

Question / Problem

On one drive, the storage space consumption has increased significantly last week. How do I find out in which folder this happened?

Answer / Solution

You have several possibilities to analyse this:

1. If you have previously exported a scan with TreeSize into an XML file, you can use this for comparison. To do this, use the function "Compare with saved scan" on the ribbon bar "Scan" after a scan of the drive. It is possible to automatize the creation of the XML files.

2. If shadow copies are activated on the drive, you can also use them for a comparison. To do this, use "Compare with Snapshot" on the "Scan" ribbon bar.

3. If you have an older backup of the drive and it is accessible via a path, you can make a comparison via "Compare with path".

4. Switch on the option "Only files with creation date within the last X days" under "Tools > Settings > Scan > Filter" and examine the drive. Only corresponding files are taken into account when determining the folder size.

5. If this method is not successful, existing files have probably increased in size. It is best to use the TreeSize file search to find files that exceed a certain size and have been changed recently.