Duplicate files

[SplitInfinitive]

I've downloaded a couple of programs to seek out duplicate files and was amazed at the quantity I had on my drives.

Like thousands....

There's so many i'm reluctant to use the automatic delete, maybe they're duplicate for a reason?

Why else would they be there?

Too many to check manually.

[lostinisaan]

I've just tried AVG Tune UP 2015, which also has this feature. But the program is good enough that you see where the files are located.

I do delete my files I've got manually, as some are on my drive C and deleting all would be only a Chaos. Good luck with it, I take my time and give it a week, as I don't want to sit there for many hours.

But it helps a lot and your machine will have more free space and might even be faster afterwards.

[KhunBENQ]

I use "Auslogics Duplicate File Finder" with the following parameters:

1) search for all fiie types

2) no ignore based on size

3) ignore filename and file date

I always manually check the resulting list. Sometimes I want a file pon two different locations.

3) is useful for findung renamed copies.

[DogNo1]

Having more disk space will not speed up your machine. If you have your system on a regular hard disk, having adequate space n the system partition and defragging the partition to include the page file might do it but who doesn't use and SSD these days? SSDs should not be drefragged.

[ravip]

"When downloading "Auslogics Duplicate File Finder"

Why does Chrome block it saying "it may harm your browsing experience?

Edit

Did a scan with this > Fast Duplicate File Finder (The free version)

Found 0 duplicate files