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ToxiClay t1_iyd2jnk wrote

Reply to comment by Overv in eli5. If Windows is an 11gb download, why do you need at least 65gbs free on your hard drive to run it? by graemo72

Can confirm. I was slightly skeptical as well but holy balls is WizTree so much faster on the scan.

It doesn't appear to sacrifice anything significant in terms of accuracy to achieve it, either.

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roberth_001 t1_iydccbz wrote

Wiztree uses the File Allocation Table where possible to massively speed up discovery. I don't believe Wiztree supports that, it certainly never used to

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