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Stop repeating yourself:
Duplicate file finders
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Jason Parker
Contributing Editor, Downloads
Monday, Apr. 26, 2004
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Last week I got an e-mail from a reader looking for a good program
to find duplicate files. He had important files on two different drives and knew
that there was significant duplication between them but didn't know how to fix the
problem. Moreover, he wanted to transfer all of his files to a new hard drive he
had just bought.
I did a little research and found several programs that quickly scan
drives and let you compare files to know which ones you can delete. Not only do
these apps offer a solution to the problem above, they let you free up a significant
amount of drive space by getting rid of duplicates.
Here are the three I found most useful for syncing up drives and finding
duplicates.
NoClone finds duplicates by performing
a byte-to-byte comparison of files. This program worked great for tracking down
and deleting duplicate digital photos on my hard drive. You can also use this one
to de-dupe files over a network. (Shareware/Windows)
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Reference: http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-7297-5131605.html
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