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cleaning duplicate files - windows 7

  • 02-10-2011 4:16pm
    #1
    Spacedog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭


    I moved all the data from all my drives to folders on my new 3TB external USB3

    I know that about 1/3 of the files are duplicates.
    i tried windirstat and winmerge, no joy...

    anyone know a good (preferably open source) windows tool for listing/deleting duplicate files?

    thanks.


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,595 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    in linux you can use fslint to replace duplicate files with softlinks, so there is only one real file but more than one directory index for it

    ntfs supports soft links so this can be done in windows to
    but don't know if there is a windows version or if the linux version supports ntfs

    you may be able to run linux apps in cygwin, but I'd get nervous with the file system ones

    which ever app you get make sure it uses checksums to verify files are indeed duplicates, and that it's settings won't remove any system files (windows just loves having backups all over system32)



    have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedup

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/dff/


  • #3
    wil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    maybe give this a try

    http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/


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