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re: 20,536 duplicate files????
Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 4:30 am
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Posted by BILL (92 messages posted)


Thank you CK and Werner for replying. Looks like there won't be other replies but you have gien me food for thought. Bill.


On Monday, August 21, 2006 at 9:15 am, BILL wrote:
>My computer was running slow so I ran "duplicate files" with my EasyCleaner 2.0 software.
>When I came back sometime later the screen said "Bytes 2,002,550,983, Files 20,536,
>Groups 9811." I was staggered. Is it really possible that I somehow acquired that
>many duplicates? If so, how could one possibly go through all those files to determine
>which to delete and whether they should be deleted at all? Does anyone out there
>have any suggestions for a reasonable way to check the accuracy of this result or
>to whittle down the number without several years of work? I would really appreciate
>any thoughtful comments. Thank you.


Written in response to:
20,536 duplicate files???? (BILL: Monday, August 21, 2006 at 9:15 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: 20,536 duplicate files???? (werner: Sunday, August 27, 2006 at 5:37 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-20,536 duplicate files???? (BILL: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 9:15 am)
*re: 20,536 duplicate files???? (C K: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 10:39 am)
*re: 20,536 duplicate files???? (werner: Mon, Aug 21, 2006, 1:30 pm)
-re: 20,536 duplicate files???? (BILL: Sun, Aug 27, 2006, 4:30 am)
*re: 20,536 duplicate files???? (werner: Sun, Aug 27, 2006, 5:37 am)
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