File duplicate finder

alza68

I had recently bought this tool, decided to use to find duplicate files on my computer. I have a few files that are written in word wich were stored in different folders since to avoid accident deletion. On striving to locate them and delete the duplicate nothing comes up in the window of the jv16 tool. I had entered the name of the file and the drive letter that the files are located; unfortunately the program gave me a blank window. Eventually I had to use my default window file finder to locate the same. Can someone guide me to rectify this mishap.

alza68.

jv16

Could you tell me what is checked under the Options tab of the Duplicate File Finder?

alza68

Under the option tab I did tick two options

1. Skip deep directories to improve speed.

2. Skip system directories to improve saftey.

These are the only two items which are ticked. Any other information if required please feel free to ask. It shall be send forthwith.

alza68.

redseujac

What happens when you untick those two options and do the search again?

alza68

When you untick the options and tried to search I still get a blank upper window although the lower window suggest to check the item in the upper window fix the problem.

Regards,

alza68

redseujac wrote
What happens when you untick those two options and do the search again?

jv16

alza68 wrote
When you untick the options and tried to search I still get a blank upper window although the lower window suggest to check the item in the upper window fix the problem.

I'm afraid I don't understand, could you please rephrase?

alza68

When you open duplicate file finder, you do have two windows the one with the menu bar and a window where the duplicate files are presumed to be listed, below this a window with a timed stamped data listing all the directories that it had searched and solution or a warning about what to do when the search is completed. I had attributed the top window as the "upper window" where the duplicate file is presumed to be listed and the window where the time stamped data of the directories searched or the solution or warning is presented as the "Lower window".

jv16 wrote
alza68 wroteWhen you untick the options and tried to search I still get a blank upper window although the lower window suggest to check the item in the upper window to fix the problem.

I'm afraid I don't understand, could you please rephrase?

alza68

alza68 wrote
When you open duplicate file finder, you do have two windows the one with the menu bar and a window where the duplicate files are presumed to be listed, below this a window with a timed stamped data listing all the directories that it had searched and solution or a warning about what to do when the search is completed. I had attributed the top window as the "upper window" where the duplicate file is presumed to be listed and the window where the time stamped data of the directories searched or the solution or warning is presented as the "Lower window". The upper window returns a blank or no files and the lower window suggests or provide a solution as to tick the content of the upper window to fix the problem whereas there are no data to tick in the upper window as no files are listed there.

jv16 wrote
alza68 wroteWhen you untick the options and tried to search I still get a blank upper window although the lower window suggest to check the item in the upper window to fix the problem.

I'm afraid I don't understand, could you please rephrase?

jv16

Could you please use the File Finder to locate both of these files you consider duplicates and then select Columns > Checksums > CRC-32. After the checksums are calculated, what do the checksums column contain?

This is to verify that the files are in fact duplicates, because since we are talking about Word files one must remember that two Word files even with identical contents might not be duplicate files per se.

alza68

I could locate the files through your file finder and had checked the crc on the column. Unfortunately, I am not aware of the term crc and it is not well accounted in the handout provided by the Jv16 tool help. There are some other terms such as sha1 and md5 I checked all of them. I could locate the files alright! Thank you for finding the files for me! Please explicate the terms "crc","sha1"& "md5".

regards,

alza68.

jv16

When you have the files in question listed in front of you (e.g. in the File Finder's result window), simply browse to the Columns menu, select Checksums and click CRC-32.

Now a new column appears to the list, wait a while and values show to the new column.

Then, please select all the files (Ctrl + A), right click the first file, select Copy to clipboard > Column data > All. Now you can simply Paste the contents of the list here (Ctrl + V) when you are writing a new message.

alza68

I think this was what you sought!

D:\Alexander's documents\ Claims Form.doc 39.5 KB --A- 26.10.2007, 03 FB5B8418

D:\Alexander's documents\ dictation.doc 58.5 KB --A- 19.09.2007, 21 91091C66

D:\Alexander's documents\ dictation1.doc 28 KB --A- 07.12.2007, 10 A05C7D0E

D:\Alexander's documents\ Doc4.doc 23.5 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 BBD277CE

D:\Alexander's documents\ Drivers License.doc 20 KB --A- 17.11.2007, 06 21C8B7CD

D:\Alexander's documents\ Hello Achey.doc 25 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 995E0F8D

D:\Alexander's documents\ Letter for legacy..doc 24.5 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 020C254F

D:\Alexander's documents\ Letter for legacy1.doc 24.5 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 8A83CDA9

D:\Alexander's documents\ Letter for legacy3.doc 25.5 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 367576C7

D:\Alexander's documents\ letter to Ach.doc 22.5 KB --A- 01.12.2007, 20 E185404C

D:\Alexander's documents\ Lucky vat coupons..doc 20.5 KB --A- 02.12.2007, 10 7FD4AC6C

D:\Alexander's documents\ Rachel Zachariah.doc 23.5 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 EFCC3736

D:\Alexander's documents\ Railways..doc 23.5 KB --A- 11.07.2007, 21 563B4639

D:\Alexander's documents\ sowpod dic.doc 8.1 MB --A- 19.09.2007, 21 4E748176

D:\Alexander's documents\ To asianet.doc 53.5 KB --A- 06.12.2007, 15 FB4A7025

E:\Office 97\CLIPART\PHOTOS\ PHOTODSC.DOC 211 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 3E2BA6CA

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\SAMPLES\ PRODUCTS.DOC 12.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 8D4CAD68

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ 2COLUMN.DOC 26 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 2BCAA5D0

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ 3COLUMN.DOC 22 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 016D468D

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ CALENDAR.DOC 21.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 38169438

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ CENTERED.DOC 21.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 8B03A518

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ FEEDBACK.DOC 48 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 B26E8B5B

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ PERSONAL.DOC 28.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 A5A210C0

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ REGISTER.DOC 62 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 300F0D8C

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ SIMPLE.DOC 21.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 BA615A9F

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ SURVEY.DOC 50 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 8CD60D3E

E:\Office 97\OFFICE\WEBTMPL\CONTENT\ TOC.DOC 21.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 64741CD1

E:\Office 97\OS\SHELLNEW\ WINWORD8.DOC 10.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 ADF0BFE9

E:\Office 97\VALUPACK\AVERYWIZ\ README.DOC 25.5 KB --A- 08.08.2007, 19 96274C04

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\ PRODUCTS.DOC 12.5 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 8D4CAD68

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ 2-Column Layout.doc 26 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 2BCAA5D0

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ 3-Column Layout.doc 22 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 016D468D

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ CALENDAR.DOC 21.5 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 38169438

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Centered Layout.doc 21.5 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 8B03A518

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Form - Feedback.doc 48 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 B26E8B5B

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Form - Registration.doc 62 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 300F0D8C

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Form - Survey.doc 50 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 8CD60D3E

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Personal Home Page.doc 28.5 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 A5A210C0

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Simple Layout.doc 21.5 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 BA615A9F

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Content\ Table of Contents.doc 21.5 KB --A- 20.11.1996, 23 64741CD1

jv16

And which of these files you think are duplicates?

The CRC-32 value after the date is a checksum of the file's contents. In other words, if two files are identical (i.e. duplicates) they would have to have identical CRC-32 value. As far as I can see no files in this list share an identical CRC-32 value and thus there are no duplicate files in this list.

alza68

I am afraid before I scanned the word documents through your Jv16 file tool I had copied four word documents in "C:\Documents and Setting\....\My documents" manually from "D:\Alexanders documents" where the original documents lay. The original documents in "D:\Alexanders documents" were listed but the copied documents were not listed "C:\ Documents and Setting\...\My Documents". I had to finally delete them manually by going to the concerned folder since that was done as a test. Moreover, I knew where I had copied these files. The problem was copied list of files were not listed in the window of the file tool from the directory "C:\ Documents and Setting\...\My Documents" Whereas it has listed listed documents from other foldersof C:\ directory. I dont quite comprehend the reason.

Sincerely,

alza68.

redseujac

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alza68

Oh! I see. Indeed! the file tool had in its option a check to skip system directory. I presumed the system directory was C:\Windows, hence I ticked that option, to prevent accidental deltion of any system files. The purport of this tool is to untick all the option to perform a task, else you receive no result. Nevertheless, thank you once again for the necessary guidence.

Regards,

alza68.

redseujac

Well, you have to be very careful with that tool!!!

Again this is what the Handbook says:

"Be aware that not all duplicate files are safe to remove, usually quite the opposite. Therefore, use of the Duplicate File Finder is only recommended for finding duplicate files from file collections, such as your documents or music or video collections."