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Dan
December 5th 03, 08:51 PM
How do i do a search to find duplicate files. Say I
think I copied some of my clip art into the clip art
folder and moved some in also, how do i find all thoes
files that are on the computer two times.

Thorsten Matzner
December 5th 03, 08:57 PM
"Dan" > wrote:

>How do i do a search to find duplicate files. Say I
>think I copied some of my clip art into the clip art
>folder and moved some in also, how do i find all thoes
>files that are on the computer two times.

In this case you may simply want to scan the HDD for one of the
filenames that should appear in both folders (or for the folder name).
In general you can scan for duplicate files with a number of
third-party tools like the jv16 Power Tools
(http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/index.php).

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Dan
December 5th 03, 09:31 PM
Thanks much

>-----Original Message-----
>"Dan" > wrote:
>
>>How do i do a search to find duplicate files. Say I
>>think I copied some of my clip art into the clip art
>>folder and moved some in also, how do i find all thoes
>>files that are on the computer two times.
>
>In this case you may simply want to scan the HDD for one
of the
>filenames that should appear in both folders (or for the
folder name).
>In general you can scan for duplicate files with a
number of
>third-party tools like the jv16 Power Tools
>(http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/index.php).
>
>--
>(tm)
>.
>

Thorsten Matzner
December 5th 03, 09:34 PM
"Dan" > wrote:

>Thanks much

You are welcome.

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