Start up almost full how do i check what's filling it?

can somebody tell me how to figure out what is taking up space on my start up disk? i know there's a utility where it will list everything in oreder by size but i can remember what it is.

http://www.macupdate.com
WhatSize and OmniDiskSweeper (free now) - there are others.
1. dont use your disk until you get it down to 10% free or more, 10GB minimum free space.
2. sometimes you can find entire drive volume under "/Volumes" - use the Go To Folder command in Finder.
3. Clone your drive with SuperDuper to a new drive.
WD Caviar 640 $69 from OWC MacSales
4. Run Disk Warrior or 3rd party

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