If you have not formatted your hard disk for a long time, chances are that you would have built up duplicate files due to careless copying and moving. In my case, it is typically media files and software installation files that I get on different occasions that are duplicates. Windows does not have a built in duplicate file checking utility, but free software available can help.
Duplicate Files Searcher is a freeware to check and remove duplicate files. It works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. DFS can check files byte for byte for maximum accuracy. You can either preview files before deleting, or set DFS to automatically delete duplicate files.
Features of Duplicate File Searcher
- Searching results can be saved and loaded in future
- Checks any files, folders and drives
- Works with removable drives
- Decide on automatic deletion or preview
- Works on all OSes
DFS uses Java Runtime Environment, so you should install JRE if you do not have it yet.
Download Duplicate File Searcher (for all operating systems)
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