clean up duplicate files?
#1
I dumped someone's portable hardrive with music on my computer, problem is somehow I got some duplicates because I had dumped it last year and I guess I clicked something wrong that allowed it to put 2 copies of some of the same files.
is there a way to clean up a drive of duplicate files or do I have to actually go in and find them all one at a time?
They are in folders but some of the folders are obviously updated with more then the last time so I cant just wipe out whole folders
is there a way to clean up a drive of duplicate files or do I have to actually go in and find them all one at a time?
They are in folders but some of the folders are obviously updated with more then the last time so I cant just wipe out whole folders
#7
if they have the same filename, control x, then make a new folder control v.
Do it again with the other folder, select replace.
if they have different filenames, then i would assume it gave them something in common in the nomenclature..... ie (copy of) if thats the case, do a search and delete all the files with "copy" in the title.
From your last post i am guessing the first one applies?
Do it again with the other folder, select replace.
if they have different filenames, then i would assume it gave them something in common in the nomenclature..... ie (copy of) if thats the case, do a search and delete all the files with "copy" in the title.
From your last post i am guessing the first one applies?
#9
Originally Posted by Seppuku' post='802989' date='Feb 20 2006, 01:04 PM
if the new folder has all that the old one did plus more just delete the old one?
I cant do it like that, some of the files were moved to different folders
I have just been slowly going through them and getting rid of a whole bunch at a time