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Software to search for duplicates???

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Can you suggest software that would search my hard drive and report if there are duplicate programs or files and give me an option to delete the duplicate?
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Check out Beyond Compare from

http://www.scootersoftware.com/

It's an awesome program, have used it several times.
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Noevo wrote:Check out Beyond Compare from

http://www.scootersoftware.com/

It's an awesome program, have used it several times.

Thanks! :thumb:

I see there's a 30-day free trial. I don't suppose you happen to remember if there are any limitations during this 30-day period?
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ghost wrote:Thanks! :thumb:

I see there's a 30-day free trial. I don't suppose you happen to remember if there are any limitations during this 30-day period?
As I recall, it's fully functional for those 30 days
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Noevo wrote:As I recall, it's fully functional for those 30 days

It IS fully functional! Great program, thanks for the advice! :thumb: Already deleted many megs of dupes!
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No problem :)

Think it was ~1.5yrs ago I found that when we were doing server moves at my old job. Made moving shares and making sure we got everything a lot easier. Using that to compare and Robocopy to move with their correct security is a great combo.

damn, sometimes I almost seem smart heh
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Rob I'll give your program a try to see if it does what I need it to do.

I purchased DirSync and it works very well.

Here is a to link to try it out.

Some info. on the program...
Features of DirSync: (1) Run as service (2) Job scheduling (3) Bi-directional sync (4) Simulation mode (5) Dynamic running info and detailed log info (6) Support path variables (7) Multiple filter types: include/exclude files, exclude folders, date, size, attributes (8) Support CRC32 comparison and validation (9) Use intermediate file while copying (10) Command line parameters (11) Thread priority (12) Error handling mechanism
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Sounds pretty similar JCOS, I'll check that one out too. Doing a server move next monday and if that one looks better i'll give it a shot, thanks.
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Noevo wrote:Sounds pretty similar JCOS, I'll check that one out too. Doing a server move next monday and if that one looks better i'll give it a shot, thanks.
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My thoughts exactly. I'm loading yours up shortly to see if it's better or not.
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Brandon_k_W wrote:System Mechanic will do it:


http://iolo.com/sm/5/tool.cfm?tool=58&collection=SM

This one looks good too. You can tell it to find duplicate files and it will search wherever you specify, no need to compare directories. Thanks! :thumb:
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tHANKS, Noevo. I downloaded Beyond Compare and was able to view and compare and delete all of the duped files. Although I'm finish, I'm going to buy it anyway to encourage continued development like this. So many "trial" programs are not complete but Beyond Compare gives the trial of the full version for 30 days. This is really good business and should be supported.
Thanks for your help.
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Glad that worked out for ya, but here's another one people should bookmark:

http://www.clonespy.com/english/
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Jim wrote:Glad that worked out for ya, but here's another one people should bookmark:

http://www.clonespy.com/english/
*Boing!*

Free, eh!
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