WhereIsIt for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffSeptember 12, 2013

It's never a good sign when you have to consult a program's Help file just to get started, but that's what we had to do with WhereIsIt, a tool designed to organize your hard disk and media collections.

WhereIsIt actually has an attractive user interface that resembles MS Office programs. Tabs running across the top of the interface contain commands for adding disk drives, modifying drive properties and settings, and searching drives. A tabbed sidebar on the left lists catalogs and tags, and a large panel on the right displays the contents of those catalogs. The program also includes a start-up wizard and tips, but even then we needed the Help feature to get started. Once we found our bearings, we were able to create a new catalog and add our drives to it. Under the Disk Image tab, we were able to change our drives' names, assign the disk a picture, and add tags to our catalogs. We did like having the ability to view each disk's properties. WhereIsIt seems like it would be especially useful to those with a large number of drives on their computers. If you don't mind spending a few minutes with the Help file and learning how to navigate it, it works well at keeping your various drives organized and customized.

Some of WhereIsIt's commands were deactivated, including as disk password-protection, possibly as part of its trial limitations. The program installs and uninstalls without any issues. We recommend this program for intermediate and advanced users.

What’s new in version 2013-build-320

Version 2013 build 320 has Minor maintenance release.

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GENERAL

Release: May 11, 2013

Latest update: September 12, 2013

Version: 2013-build-320

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

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Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: None

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2.1/5

7 User Votes

The free Disk Explorer Pro is better in the long run.
DDRAMbo64738January 30, 2014
Pros
Nice set of features with a Windows 'ribbon' interface (if you like MS Word >2010). Reasonably efficient, BUT,...
Cons
Uses a chaotic protection scheme that works by corrupting the databases of those suspected of using 'stolen' or 'fake' serial#'s, even if you bought the program. Sometimes this is a 'mistake' because the program isn't flawless due to the sophistication of the scheme, in other words, these schemes are worthless to begin with since hackers always get whatever software they desire, but when it 'goes wrong', that database you slaved for days to commit to Whereisit! may suddenly be inaccessible, and you'll have to start all over again. And by all accounts the 'programmer' is more concerned about hacker than paying customers.
Summary
My disk records are too important to entrust to a piece of software that may corrupt them just when I need to access them, and I'm not going to go through hours of carefully setting up the database with all the sophisticated features allowed with this program only to lose all that effort because the programmer wants to 'hurt' some idiot who probably wouldn't have purchased it anyway. Worst case scenario, I get screwed out of my money and time while the bums that don't pay just use something free such as the wonderful cataloger called Disk Explorer Pro, which I finally settled upon based on my analysis of comments from paying customers and a trial use. Besides, Disk Explorer Pro is much faster and has nearly the same level of options, but is focused more on the user and not trying to force folks to pay who probably wouldn't to begin with. Paying for software doesn't guarantee a concern for customer satisfaction, such as Windows itself.
abysmally slow
dma999999March 11, 2012
Pros
Searches aren't too bad once index is created.
Cons
Only use if you want to cripple your system while scanning. Not only is it incredibly slow (took hours to scan one drive, though admittedly large - 1 TB), it sucks up all memory (my system showed 98% usage until I closed it, then dropped to 12%) and makes running anything else at the same time completely impossible.
Summary
Don't waste your money. It's faster just to type out everything by hand.
Expensive Bloatware
dnscaching1wJanuary 12, 2012
Pros
Bloatware, expensive, slow
Cons
Just use the freeware cathy https://www.google.com/search?q=cathy+Robert+Vasicek
Summary
Good product, HORRENDOUS support
johnmeyerNovember 1, 2010
Pros
Fast catalogs Works on hard drive & DVDs Fantastic options for automatic tagging based on file contents
Cons
Worst technical support in the history of software (see review).
Summary
The product does a great job of quickly cataloging any disk drive, and then letter you later see and find files on that drive, whether it is currently attached to your computer or not. Great way to catalog both hard drives and DVDs. However, the support is so bad as to be almost comical. The person who wrote this is the most anti-customer developer I've ever encountered. His is like the "soup Nazi" character on Seinfeld. In fact, he is EXACTLY like this character. He calls you names and refuses to help. He tells you it is YOUR fault that if the program doesn't function correctly. I kept getting corrupted databases after updating catalogs. To this day, he has never offered even ONE helpful suggestion. I should publish his responses to that everyone can see them. Fortunately, if you back up the catalog, it is easy to simply use the backup and then update from there. The corruption doesn't happen too often. So, if you don't need support, and can live with an occasional glitch, this is actually a very good product, and except for the occasional corrupt catalog file, works extremely well.
Top Class disk cataloguer, especially for audio cds.
plkozJanuary 3, 2010
Pros
Flexibility - great search function - multipurpose "database" disk cataloguer.
Cons
Not customised for audio cds but this is easily achieved with experiment and practice.
Summary
For a long time I was looking for a flexible free Audio Disk [CD] indexer. THIS IS IT!!! Insert a disk and it goes on line and downloads all the track info etc. Simple! It will also index data CDs etc - e.g. collections of software etc. It takes a little knowledge and practice to cutomise it, but it works beautifully. I can now [in seconds] find any compsosition, artist, composer etc.
Great product, rude developer
ebrodeur--2008May 14, 2009
Pros
This is the best disk catalog software I have ever used. Powerful, extensible, regularly updated.
Cons
Feature-wise, none.
Summary
Be wary of technical support. The developer claimed my paid MobileMe account was Freemail and refused to send me a replacement license file.
Robert Galle has a terrible attitude
jmkeuningFebruary 26, 2008
Pros
Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I have been using the program for about five years. After a recent data loss I inquired regarding the possibility of restoring part of a catalog from an html report. <p> Robert Galle's response to me was: <p><p> <i>I don't find this question to be half serious. You are heavily underestimating the level of detail necessary to be collected at scanning time in order to have properly functional disk images and catalogs</i> <p> You know. . . a simple "No, I cannot do that," would suffice. <p> The program is easy to use, and is an excellent way to catalog large media collections, but Robert Galle, the developer, is a chump.

Developer’s Description

Organize a catalog of your computer media collection, including CD-ROMs, and DVDs.