How do I see the Pie Chart in new ShowSize?

January 30, 2008

The pie chart is not a separate report but it can be shown for any report that supports it and on any column of that report that has sorted numeric data.
If the report supports pie chart, for example, Folder Sizes Report, then you will see the Pie button over it. See the following picture:

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ShowSize shows me the wasted space in reports but I do not see how to delete all that wasted space?

January 30, 2008

The wasted space is a part of the operating system (Windows). Please see the help topic on wasted space in ShowSize. The files are allocated in fixed size chunks called clusters. Usually, the last cluster is not fully used and hence the remaining part of the cluster is a waste. ShowSize can only show you [...]

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I am using Netware and ShowSize seems to be reporting inaccurate wasted space. Can I turn off the wasted space calculations?

January 30, 2008

On NetWare volumes, regardless of the default cluster size, a feature called “Block Suballocation” can be enabled. This feature allows the NetWare file system to “reuse” the wasted cluster space by allowing other files to write to the “wasted” portions of existing clusters.
If you are using NetWare volumes all the time and don’t want [...]

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Want to reinstall ShowSize?

January 30, 2008

These things do happen, and that’s why we have an all automated web site just for this purpose at support.showsize.com. Please login there with your contact email address that is on our file, and you should be able to get the latest installer download along with the license codes. This facility is free of charge [...]

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