How to find and remove duplicate files

April 08, 2013

Stevey asked the Answer Line forum for advise on finding and removing duplicate files. A hard drive is like a family garage--junk expands to fill available space. An SSD behaves very much the same way, but with less space. A good duplicate file finder will help you reduce your digital junk levels. It can search for files with the same name, the same size, and/or the exact same contents. It helps you examine each file and decide which one to keep. It can ignore small files, so you can concentrate on the more wasteful redundancy. I'm going to recommend two such programs, both free for non-commercial use. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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