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The Guardian - UK
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Technology
Jack Schofield

De-dupe

I have accumulated several thousand MP3 files and would like to weed out just the duplicates. Is there a (preferably free) piece of software that doesn't need to play/burn etc but will search all attached drives & then list the dupes? Andy Whitehouse

There are lots of programs that will find duplicate files by making byte-for-byte comparisons rather than just looking at the filenames. Unfortunately I can't find a good free one. Commercial or shareware examples include ExamDiff Pro, Duplicate File Detective, and NoClone Home Edition, with the cheapest at $15 being Spaceman 99. Searching Download.com will turn up a few more, here. Most offer at least a free trial.

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