awraynor 98 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have used a number of products, but none seem to be "the one". Some find duplicate files, some music, some photos. Any good products that do all, and the ability to auto select files based on specified is a definite plus. Link to post Share on other sites
ImTheTypeOfGuy 55 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Can't help with one that does it all but I heard on the DMZ 2.0 podcast about one called WMC dedup to remove duplicate recordings. Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Folder Sizes.....not free but it works Link to post Share on other sites
flyboyco 9 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 WMC-dedupe does work well for recorded tv. it took me a little while to figure out how to tun it (gotta go to dos mode), but it really does work. otherwise i believe there is still snoop-de-dupe for whs. i used it a couple years ago. works great for house keeping. i believe there is a free trial. 30 days. Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I have used Beyond Compare for this. You pick 2 folders (left and right) and it compares the files in each. It's a little different than a pure duplicate finder, but it really checks the files to see that there are identical inside. Link to post Share on other sites
awraynor 98 Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 I use Beyond Compare to sync my win7 data folders and the corresponding folders on WHS. Funny that it would give me different results than the comparable sync function on Directory Opus when I used it. Beyond Compare seems to stumble a bit more when accessing shares than some programs, but when it works it works. Â Going to look at folders sizes. Also going to try to find a comparison beyond that and their duplicate file detective product. The pro version of folder sizes is $55, but the home version is half that and maybe good enough. Home doesn't support server, but hopefully that means no installation, not the inability to access a share? Link to post Share on other sites
jmwills 284 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 We ran FS to clean up orphaned Home Folders from users that had rotated out of theatre. Link to post Share on other sites
awraynor 98 Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Trying Folder Sizes and Duplicate File Finder right now, pretty decent software. I loved WinDirStat but it would choke on occasion. Folder Size just works, very quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
binaryman 0 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 You should try Directory Report http://www.file-utilities.com It can find duplicate files plus: show folder size like WinDirStat and compare folders like Beyond Compare Link to post Share on other sites
awraynor 98 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 I may have to take a look at it. I have found Folders Sizes and Duplicate File Detective to be very full featured and stable. However, Folder Sizes is a bit more expensive than I thought it would be, but it's purchase gives you DFD for $20. Link to post Share on other sites
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