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I've been combining data from ~10 computers from different users onto one computer (then I'll back it all up). Each computer has ~10% original or the latest version of files, the rest are copies or older versions of other files.
It has been a project that I've worked on and off for the last couple of weeks. An hour here and an hour there. Today I thought I'd work all day to finish it up.
I've used some folder comparison and file comparison programs, but most of what I found was crap. They can't distinguish two identical files that users simply renamed to different names. So, I'm clicking on each file, looking at it to see if it is needed, then usually deleting it. If it is needed, I move it into one combined/sorted location.
To take a quick break, I opened ATOT. Read a thread, thought it was crap, and tried to right click/delete the thread. Time for me to sit out and clear my mind from this mudane computer work.
Is there any really good program that does this for free? A program that can identify two identical files even though they may have different names or be in different sub-folders?
It has been a project that I've worked on and off for the last couple of weeks. An hour here and an hour there. Today I thought I'd work all day to finish it up.
I've used some folder comparison and file comparison programs, but most of what I found was crap. They can't distinguish two identical files that users simply renamed to different names. So, I'm clicking on each file, looking at it to see if it is needed, then usually deleting it. If it is needed, I move it into one combined/sorted location.
To take a quick break, I opened ATOT. Read a thread, thought it was crap, and tried to right click/delete the thread. Time for me to sit out and clear my mind from this mudane computer work.
Is there any really good program that does this for free? A program that can identify two identical files even though they may have different names or be in different sub-folders?
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