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Software to check double files

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ArisVer

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I remember this has been asked before but couldn't find anything on search.
What do you guys recommend? Something simple if possible.
 
To share, many of my apps have this function, and with varying parameters/filters.

Only reason I ignore this function in all of them: way back, I had the worst disaster I ever had while deleting dup files: was mostly my fault, but I never got over it.

I did not have internal backup at the time. I sat there, deleting dups after detections, getting more and more manic, soon highlighting many at a time and hitting delete, giggling happily....and I killed my OS completely.

Cause, among those I was on giddy autopilot deleting, were apparently vital dll files.

I hadda do a whole clean install and start from scratch. I lost a ton of stuff. I still remember clearly the second I knew I had messed up and fierce desire to take that mouseclick back.

From that day on, I had paranoia which has yet to abate in this endeavor.

So....set the filters very high and then be VERY CAREFUL.
 
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Virgorising said:
I did not have internal backup at the time. I sat there, deleting dups after detections, getting more and more manic, soon highlighting many at a time and hitting delete, giggling happily....and I killed my OS completely.

Cause, among those I was on giddy autopilot deleting, were apparently vital dll files.

I hadda do a whole clean install and start from scratch. I lost a ton of stuff...
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Which is why it is a very good idea to create two partitions on your hard drive and place all your data on the second partition. Not only does this make backing up your data easier, but you can screw around with your OS and apps as much as you want. If you screw something up and need to reinstall the OS, the only thing you lose is your time.
 
OlyAR15 said:
Which is why it is a very good idea to create two partitions on your hard drive and place all your data on the second partition. Not only does this make backing up your data easier, but you can screw around with your OS and apps as much as you want. If you screw something up and need to reinstall the OS, the only thing you lose is your time.
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K....but since that uber trauma I never got over, I do internal backup in my go to desktop of the moment. So, U could say, there was an upside.:whiste:

Plus, now that the drive I mainly boot into is my SSD (backup drive is a spinner), I try to keep as much free space as possible, and also keep my writes down to the extent I can.

Plus, I would rather work to learn every second than settle for screwing around with anything in this technology.😳

I mean it, that event scarred me for life.🙁 Even with a usually up to date backup drive I could, if necessary, boot into and clone to the SSD, I do not wanna go thru anything like that again. I do not trust myself in dup file deletion no matter how meticulous the filters in any app.
 
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OlyAR15 said:
Which is why it is a very good idea to create two partitions on your hard drive and place all your data on the second partition. Not only does this make backing up your data easier, but you can screw around with your OS and apps as much as you want. If you screw something up and need to reinstall the OS, the only thing you lose is your time.
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This is something that I have been doing for years, and recently suggested in some threads here.
 
Only their paid version has filters enabled. They would have been nice though.

I am looking for something that could detect pictures by other means and not file names. I did a disk recovery with many pictures using different programs and now I have to compare and delete. One of the recovery programs got the actual filenames as they where and got 18000 files from it. Another one got me 34000 files without filenames. Unless I can succesfuly restore the disk (seems like an MBR problem) I have to find a way to check the doublicate pictures.
 
ArisVer said:
Only their paid version has filters enabled. They would have been nice though.

I am looking for something that could detect pictures by other means and not file names. I did a disk recovery with many pictures using different programs and now I have to compare and delete. One of the recovery programs got the actual filenames as they where and got 18000 files from it. Another one got me 34000 files without filenames. Unless I can succesfuly restore the disk (seems like an MBR problem) I have to find a way to check the doublicate pictures.
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http://listoffreeware.com/list-of-best-free-duplicate-file-finder/
 
ArisVer said:
I picked up a winner called "FileMany" out of them. It has a preview section and it's going to be easier for me. Thanks to all.
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Excellent!

But all mine have previews too....hope the one you chose has the best filter options!

Pls report back!
 
I am not sure about the filters it uses but it can compare hashes up to SHA256 which makes it good enough. Since I am going to do the work manually it's at least good enough for me.
 
ArisVer said:
I am not sure about the filters it uses but it can compare hashes up to SHA256 which makes it good enough. Since I am going to do the work manually it's at least good enough for me.
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That does sound impressive!

Cept for someone with PTSD.😉
 
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