What Is It?

Duplicate Cleaner is a nice utility to manage duplicate files on your PC or laptop and across your network. There are plenty of similar utilities of varying complexity, Duplicate Cleaner works relatively quickly and efficiently and the ability to work across the network is very welcome.

Why Would You Want It?

Over time it is likely that many files can be duplicated in various places, particularly when creating backup sets for security reasons. There is a balance between keeping your data safe which means there may be several backups in different locations taken at different times, the time available to manage the data files you need to keep and the available storage you have. A way of managing or at least locating the duplicate files is an essential utility in the data management process.

Warning - You should take great care when deleting files flagged as duplicates as they may be essential to the running of your system. At the very least backup the files before you start and if you are doing anything with files in system folders it would be a good idea to clone the partition. Duplicate Cleaner provides options to Move files to a different folder or deleting them to the recycle bin. It may be best to use one of these options and then delete the files permanently at a later date. Using a folder name like “Duplicate Files To Delete after 2008-09-01” may be helpful.

What Does It Do - The Essentials?

Summary:

• Finds Duplicate Files
• Selection of drives and folders across a network and PC
• Provides alternative methods to select duplicates to be managed

Pros: What’s Good?

Features & Benefits

• Freeware

• Works across multiple drives/folders
• Comprehensive drive/folder selection
• Filtering of files searched
• Move – Delete – Hard Link duplicates
• Accurate duplicate comparisons using a variety of methods

Cons:What’s Not So Good?

As Duplicate Cleaner is still being developed it would be unfair to list “Cons” at this time. So I have listed several things that I think would improve it at the end of the post under “What Could make It Better?”. Looking at the DigitalVolcano website forum for Duplicate Cleaner shows that version 1.3 is under development (no date for release) and that some of the ideas are included for this next release.

More About What it Does in Detail:

Go to Page 2 for details and screenshots

Go to Page 3 for ProReviewer Summary

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