Duplicate Files

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Charles Brand

Is there a way of detecting (identifying) duplicate files on my C:
drive? Maybe somehow with the Search option?
 
Do a Google search for "duplicate files" and it will return a bunch of
third-party utilities that will scan your C: drive.

The Windows search utility will be able to find files with the same name,
but not two identical files with different names.

Also, be careful when you do find duplicates and want to delete them. Some
programs may look for the file to be in a certain location.

HTH

MD
 
MadDog

"but not two identical files with different names."

How many files would you expect any search utility to find?



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Charles

There are many duplicated windows system files on a typical XP computer.
However these are located in particular folders for particular purposes
namely providing replacements if the one in use becomes damaged or if
you wish to uninstall an update etc. These are generally best left as
they are.

Something has prompted you to ask your question. Is it that you running
out of free space on your hard disk? If yes how large is your hard drive
and how much free space does it have? If your hard drive is partitioned
then details for each partition would be helpful.

To investigate how you are using hard disk space you need to make sure
that you can see all files. Go to Start, Control Panel, Folder Options,
View, Advanced Settings and verify that the box before "Show hidden
files and folders" is checked and "Hide protected operating system files
" is unchecked. You may need to scroll down to see the second item. You
should also make certain that the box before "Hide extensions for known
file types" is not checked. Next in Windows Explorer make sure View,
Details is selected and then select View, Choose Details and check
before Name, Type, Total Size, and Free Space.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Actually, you would be surprised.

MD



Gerry Cornell said:
MadDog

"but not two identical files with different names."

How many files would you expect any search utility to find?



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Gerry
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Charles said:
Is there a way of detecting (identifying) duplicate files on my C:
drive? Maybe somehow with the Search option?
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XP comes with a dupe finder application in the Support\Tools\Support.cab
on the cd..(dupfinder.exe) lots of other little apps there too
Run the Suptools.msi installer if you want all of them or just extract
what you want


Dave
 
Dave

dupfinder.exe does what you say but what do you do with the information?
How, can you determine what need to be where they are and what are the
by accident! The needle in the haystack principle would seem to apply!

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Charles said:
Is there a way of detecting (identifying) duplicate files on my C:
drive? Maybe somehow with the Search option?
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Have you tried NoClone? NoClone search duplicate files by TRUE
byte-by-byte comparison. And it search duplicates regardless of the
file name.

For details, please read http://noclone.net
 
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