Good duplicate file finder

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It's easy enough to locate a dupe-finder. Tougher to find one with a
nice UI, and that doesn't crash when scanning large drives. Any
recommendations?

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dupfinder.exe = Duplicate File Finder

dupfinder.exe is part of Windows Support Tools.

Windows Support Tools is on the XP CD.

Drive:\SUPPORT\TOOLS

Along with many useful tools built into the Windows operating system, over
40 additional Support Tools are included on the Windows CD.

To install Windows Support Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/resources [...] howto.mspx

Windows Support Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] erview.asp

Using the Windows XP support tools
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] tility.asp

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads [...] laylang=en



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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:cdedd1t2aahsk85qg532usjt878j45854i@4ax.com,
_R <_R@nomail.org> hunted and pecked:
> It's easy enough to locate a dupe-finder. Tougher to find one with a
> nice UI, and that doesn't crash when scanning large drives. Any
> recommendations?

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Does Systemworks have a duplicate file finder?


"Byte" <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Norton Systemworks ($39.95)
> http://www.symantec.com/sabu/sysworks/basic/
>
> Below is a listing of shareware/freeware for finding duplicate files.
> Take a look and you may find a free one. Or you can use Google yourself
> to search for many more on the Web.
> PCWorld.com - Results for 'duplicate file finder'
> http://search.pcworld.com/query.ht [...] ile+finder
> --
> Some days you're the windshield,
> some days you're the bug.
>
>
> "_R" wrote:
>
>> It's easy enough to locate a dupe-finder. Tougher to find one with a
>> nice UI, and that doesn't crash when scanning large drives. Any
>> recommendations?
>>

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"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
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> Alan Smith wrote:
>
> >
> > "_R" <_R@nomail.org> wrote in message
> > news:cdedd1t2aahsk85qg532usjt878j45854i@4ax.com...
> >> It's easy enough to locate a dupe-finder. Tougher to find one with a
> >> nice UI, and that doesn't crash when scanning large drives. Any
> >> recommendations?
> >
> > Shareware one, works on my 120Gb drive with no crashes. Duplic8
> > http://www.kewlit.com/duplic8/
>
> And just a teensy word of advice - if you are looking for this type of
> program because you think it would be a good idea to remove duplicate
> *system* files (as opposed to data files you created), don't do it.
> Leave things alone. There are supposed to be duplicates of many system
> files. Oh, and Norton products are awful.
>
> Malke
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> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

What he said !! Often times things expect to find a given
file in a specific location -- the fact that it may also exist
somewhere else doesn't matter - it better be there. For
your data files, looking for dups is a good idea though.

mikey

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:05:25 +0100, "Alan Smith" <alan@hidden.email>
wrote:
>
>Shareware one, works on my 120Gb drive with no crashes. Duplic8
>http://www.kewlit.com/duplic8/
>

Just wanted to check back and thank you for the recommendation.
Duplic8 works very well. Crash free so far. Very fast, even given
the byte-by-byte compares. Some extra features that set it apart from
the herd.

Thanks again