Duplicate file finding software

[pedruid]

hi, I've just upgraded to windows7 and I'm sure that in restoring backup have lots of duplicate files and folders. Any good software (preferable free) out there that you can recommend which has worked for you. Any help will be just great.

 

[Aquadyne]

Here is a list to try.

http://voices.yahoo.com/top-5-duplicate-file-finders-windows-mac-12177910.html

I personally have used a lot of the Auslogics programs in the past.

For Disk / Space Management, also try Folder Size
http://www.mindgems.com/products/Folder-Size/Folder-Size.html

 

[CamiKaze]

Double Killer. Easy to use and only 306kb...

 

[grim]

Here is a list to try.

http://voices.yahoo.com/top-5-duplicate-file-finders-windows-mac-12177910.html

I personally have used a lot of the Auslogics programs in the past.

For Disk / Space Management, also try Folder Size
http://www.mindgems.com/products/Folder-Size/Folder-Size.html

Yep I also use Auslogics Duplicate File Finder
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/duplicate-file-finder/

 

[CamiKaze]

http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/

 

[Keeper]

Another vote for DoubleKiller here, very easy to use and flexible.

can compare 2 or more directories, by name, filesize, CRC, or all of them - you can also easily select first/last dupes and delete.
You can exclude wildcards or certain file types as well and it scans pretty quickly.


I also recommend RED (Remove empty Directories) and ReNamer (from Denis Kozlov) as must have tools!

 

[pedruid]

Thanks to all of you for your contributions.

 

[Soul Assassin]

I had 85GB of duplicates...

 

[ponder]

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/duplicate-file-finder/