It has been awhile since my last post. This time, our topic is on PC optimization. There are several ways to optimize your PC, some of the standard and usually done are performing disk cleanup, defragmentation and clearing your recycle bin. On that note, routine steps of clearing unused files from the recycle bin do not only reduced disk space consumption, it also helps increase PC performance. However, a person usually cleans anything in the recycle bin but leave hundreds if not thousands of duplicate files untouched. This won’t get the PC fully optimized, duplicate files still means unused or unnecessary. Why bother clearing only a few files in the recycle bin and temporary folder when there are still thousands that should be removed!
Manual tasks of finding duplicate files and document is no doubt a very tedious task, even an average software program couldn’t do it effectively. This time around I will introduce Easy Duplicate Finder, a powerful tool to find and resolve duplicate photos, documents, spreadsheets, MP3′s, and more. The developer claimed that this software is the fastest and most accurate program of its kind. It will instantly scan your computer for duplicate files and display them in an easy to understand report. Built-in tools will help you resolve them easily and safely.
Here is the list of features that applies to the software:
Search for True Duplicates (files with same contents)
Powerful search engine with fast files check
Full binary (byte-by-byte) comparison
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC32), with File Size
Ultra Fast filename only scan option
Search for Duplicate Songs (ID3 Tag Comparison)
Scan your computer for duplicate music
Compare by: Song Title, Artist, Album, and more!
Flexible File Scan Settings
Search files by predefined or custom masks
Size conditions & skip zero-length files option
Bypass compressed files and recycle bin option
Scan Multiple Sources and Devices
Add multiple folders / drives for scanning – anything with a drive letter
Search external devices, such as MP3 players, USB drives, Digital Cameras
Save scan results to a file and re-import later for further analysis and resolution
Safety and Protection
Protect critical system files and folders
Move files to Recycle Bin or delete duplicate files permanently Easily rename selected duplicates to test which files are safe to delete
Convenient User Interface
Designed for the Microsoft Windows environment
Object oriented design, compliant with full drag and drop support
Save program state on exit and re-entrance
Flexible layout, choose your column headings
Horizontal line file marking makes file selection fast
Duplicate File Management – remove only unnecessary duplicates
Select files manually (for deletion) or use flexible Auto Selection options
Rename duplicate files with prefix/postfix
Move duplicate files to folder
Open folder containing selected file
Show file properties
Open file with associated program
Duplicates Report Export
Generate an HTML fully hyper-linked report
Export duplicates report to a TXT file
Export a report of duplicates to Excel in CSV format
Logging and Log Events
Automatically log all scans and actions to an external file
Choose which events to monitor and which to ignore
Full Unicode Support
Support for files with Chinese, Japanese, Arabian, Russian, etc
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/Win 7
32/64 Bit
400MHz CPU or higher
128MB RAM or more
5MB HDD free space
Available for download here
Hope this tips is useful to you, till then pleasant reading and see you again in my next post. Bye!
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3 Comments on "Optimizing Computer Performance by Removing Duplicate Files"
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Commonly, duplicate files trigger a waste of storage space. They will cover hard drives, slow down your pc speed, as well as will cost you additional upon back up.