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I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is, there
are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders for different
categories and things tend to get duplicated or more quite often. So, what I
want to know is, is there a way of searching for and removing duplicate
files? I am using Win XP.

ta,
Eugene

"eugene" <> wrote in message
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> I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is, there
> are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders for
different
> categories and things tend to get duplicated or more quite often. So, what
I
> want to know is, is there a way of searching for and removing duplicate
> files? I am using Win XP.
>

Yes.

Oh - wait, did you want *more*?
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Got it?

There is no foolproof way of identifying duplicate
files, particularly image files, since even the slightest
adjustment or edit will make an otherwise (to the
human eye) identical image seem like a different
file to a bit-by-bit scrutiny. On top of that, most
software does a pretty poor job of (correctly)
identifying true duplicates; you risk losing that
masterpiece. You really should get into the habit
of using *strict* naming and filing conventions.

Short term, you should copy your entire image
folder structure, preferably to another partition,
to use as a test for finding those duplicates.
You need an application that does a binary
comparision, NOT one that checks by name
and size alone.

I've never tried it, but it's worth checking out:
Duplicate File Finder
http://www.funduc.com/dupfiles.htm


On Sun, 30 May 2004 00:21:06 +0000 (UTC), in
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eugene scrawled:

>I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is, there
>are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders for different
>categories and things tend to get duplicated or more quite often. So, what I
>want to know is, is there a way of searching for and removing duplicate
>files? I am using Win XP.
>
> ta,
> Eugene
>

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"eugene" <> wrote in message
news:c9b9dh$8s1$...
> I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is, there
> are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders for
different
> categories and things tend to get duplicated or more quite often. So, what
I
> want to know is, is there a way of searching for and removing duplicate
> files? I am using Win XP.

Google for it.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...uplicate+files

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"eugene" <> wrote in message
news:c9b9dh$8s1$...
> I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is, there
> are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders for
different
> categories and things tend to get duplicated or more quite often. So, what
I
> want to know is, is there a way of searching for and removing duplicate
> files? I am using Win XP.
>
> ta,
> Eugene
>
http://www.webattack.com/get/dupdetect.html

"Dup Detector finds duplicate and near duplicate images by opening and
reading image pixel data. The program is easy to use, just specify the path
and start the scan. You can specify a match percentage that is required to
consider the image a duplicate and preview all found dups side by side with
an option to delete either one."

Try Odin II.
http://www.omegatron.nl/
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"eugene" <> wrote in message
news:c9b9dh$8s1$...
> I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is, there
> are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders for
different
> categories and things tend to get duplicated or more quite often. So, what
I
> want to know is, is there a way of searching for and removing duplicate
> files? I am using Win XP.
>
> ta,
> Eugene
>
>

I had the same problem. I used Check Indentical Files 2.12 and it worked
flawlessly.

I had over 20,000 graphics that had been compiled over the years and I
needed something to identify pictures I had duplicated. This program
worked great, even if the pictures are renamed.

It is well worth the $20USD. At least it was to me....;o)

"eugene" <> chiseled in stone, the following
words news:c9b9dh$8s1$:

> I am photographer and I have thousands of photos on my PC. Thig is,
> there are many duplications because sometimes I make special folders
> for different categories and things tend to get duplicated or more
> quite often. So, what I want to know is, is there a way of searching
> for and removing duplicate files? I am using Win XP.
>
> ta,
> Eugene

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