Find and Remove Duplicate Files

If you are an active PC user, there is every chance  for  duplicate files  accumulation on your computer. You may download gigabytes of music and video files, documents and applications from the Internet or local network, share those files with your friends .Most people are unaware of how many duplicate files there are cluttering their hard disks.

 

Keeping unnecessary duplicate files on your computer means wasting valuable hard disk space. These not only waste your hard disk space but also slowdown your PC.By deleting duplicate files you can reduce time needed to defragment your hard drives and minimize time used by antivirus to scan your computer. Especially when large collections of files are stored on the hard drives and storage devices, it can be quite cumbersome and time consuming to find out  duplicates.

 

If you suspect your PC have multiple copies of large files like photos, music, or videos, there are utilities that can help you locate and delete duplicates.Here are some of them.

 

1. :It scans the computer and lists duplicate files based on byte by byte comparison, which ensures 100% accuracy.

 

• Identify and recover wasted disk space.
• Reducing the time and media used for backups
• Minimize time used to unneeded virus scanning
• Increase free space on "limited" resources, like laptops and memory disks
• Reduce files searching time
• Remove duplicate files to eliminate synchronization problems
• Runs much more quickly than others in its class, very safe and reliable.

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2.Duplicate File Finder('DupFiles'), is a utility that identifies duplicate files in one or more paths. Unlike other utilities that only check file names, it  performs a binary comparison of file contents and can locate files that are alike regardless of names.

 

 

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3.Auslogics Duplicate File Finder: helps you find duplicate files that may be scattered all over your hard drive. This  can compare files based on size, date, content and name. You can select multiple folders or an entire drive to be scanned, specify the methods used to determine duplicate files and then view the list of results and delete unnecessary  files.

 

 

 Download |1.68MB|OS:7/Vista/2008/XP/2003|HomePage

 

4.Duplicate Cleaner:This fully featured, program will work at home or in a networked environment. Best of all Duplicate Cleaner is freeware, meaning you get the full program and it doesn't cost a thing.

 

• The fastest way to find duplicate files
• Award Winning
• Deep scan music formats - mp3, wma, flac, ogg, ape, etc
• Delete, move or hard link duplicate files. Save disc space!
• Multiple language support.

 Download|1.7MB|OS:Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Win 7|HomePage 

 

5.Fast Duplicate File Finder:This will help you find fast all duplicate files in a folder and its sub folders. The applications will compare the content of your files so it will find duplicates even if they are using different file names. It uses fast binary comparison algorithm and has internal preview supporting a lot of image, video,music and text file formats.

 

 

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Search and Locate Suspicious Hidden Files With Hidden File Scanner

Sometimes  virus  may infect your computer it will create some hidden files and other executable which could be responsible to keep the virus active.Main thing is  you cant see those files and cant delete those virus executables.Hidden files are  scattered across your computer and trying to find all hidden files may turn out to be  a tedious work.

 

If such an autorun.inf file is found, Hidden File Scanner will display a dialog where you can delete, unhide or inspect the content of the autorun.inf. It automatically rate the autorun.inf files as normal, hidden, suspicious or dangerous file.

 

If you have hidden files , don’t panic and start deleting them! .Its absolutely normal to have hidden files. Its suspicious only when executable files (.exe, .dll, .sys, .drv etc.) are hidden.If you cannot identify the file, right click it and open the file information dialog. You will see for most executable files the copyright of the executable file, which might help you identifying it.Also  you can try  Google search.

 

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FARR- a Program for Keyboard Maniacs

Find and Run Robot (FARR) is a program for keyboard maniacs-it uses an adaptive "live search" function to rapidly find programs and documents on your computer as you type.Press your chosen hotkey to display the FARR window, then just start typing the first letters of the application you want to launch and the results appear instantly. Hit enter to launch the top result, or refine your search with special modifiers and commands.

 

FARR also lets you quickly run web searches, send email, manipulate files, control on-screen windows, and much more. Build and share custom commands or install plugins to add tons of new features, like live search features for your clipboard history and your internet bookmarks; a popup a calculator with history tape and persistent variables; and many more

 

 

 Features

 

Works out of the box!

Adaptive scoring system - besides all the magic, you can add your own scores to multiple search directories to influence FARR. Therefore, it will return your most desirable application/file on top of the results list.

Use minimal system resources (with the option to increase it for faster search results!)

Right click on a search result to influence its score e.g. ignore this application in the future, view context menu.

Browse to a directory quickly - for example, if you type c:\pro ; FARR will return c:\program files plus all the subdirectories!

 

  Find and Run Robot | Freeware |5.53MB | Homepage

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