Southern Spirit Hunters
Beyond The Spirits => Computer Clues => Topic started by: bayou girl on Jul 16, 2016, 09:47:57 PM
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Jim, do you know of a program to help you identify redundant files - such as the photos that are saved in one place, backed up to another, and still in a third because I put them there to remind myself to burn them to disk for mom? Or things like that? The music cd I ripped to my laptop, only to discover I bought it on Amazon when it was on sale, and still yet, snagged and downloaded the single on one of their free music days? I think you get the idea. Can you help?
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Oh, I would love a program like this!
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There are a number of programs that will help you find duplicate files but most are designed to find them in a single place. I'm not sure you can put a list of locations to be searched. Try searching for "find duplicate files". There are a number of free programs out there but I'm not sure how they work. Here's one:
http://download.cnet.com/Duplicate-File-Finder/3000-2248_4-10300084.html (http://download.cnet.com/Duplicate-File-Finder/3000-2248_4-10300084.html)
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I'll try this one Jim, and let you know how it does. I have all my files on the laptop backed up (I had to re-image the hard drive yesterday) so i can do it without fear of losing anything! I'll let you know.