If your hard-drive space is running out, the most efficient way to make more room is to find and remove unnecessary files. This will reduce clutter and boost performance.
Anti-Twin ( for XP / Vista / 7 ) is a program what will locate duplicate fles. To find and remoce space-hogging files, use Window Search and WinDirStat.
Step 1 : In Anti-Twin, select the folder in which you want to search for duplicated files. Tick ‘Compare names’, ‘Identical file size’ and set ‘Match min’ to 100%. Click ‘Search for same names’.
Step 2 : Identical files are highlighted in the same color, Green square indicate the files to be kept. Click to select the ones you want to delete. Right-click to keep only one file in a group.
Step 3 : Click ‘Delete selected files’. You can choose what to do with these files. initially, it’s best to move them to a back-up folder or send them to the Recycle Bim, just to be on the safe side.
Step 4 : Not all duplicates have the same name, Select ‘Compare content’, ‘Compare images’, set ‘Match min’ to 90% and set the folder to the place where you keep photos. Clicking an image name displays the photos, so you can check if they’re the same and mark them for deletion.
Step 5 : To instantly find the biggest space hogs, click Start, then Computer. Double-Click your hard drive , click the search box, type size:gigantic and right-click files in the results to delete them or move them to a DVD-R or back-up.
Step 6 : For a full size-based tidy-up, WinDirStat can be run without installing. Click Size to order folders by the size of individual files inside them. The contents of your drive are represented by the blocks below. Right-click for delete options.
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Hey Jaspal,
It was an awesome software dude.. i was really shocked when i see scan my music file in this software..i mean there were more than double or triple.. removed the duplicate files from it.. thanks for sharing this info.
I want to install this software in my pc before do this i want to know is it safe my pc increase the speed?
Thanks jaspal!
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An interesting little program I have not heard of it before will have to give it a try. Thanks for the share
I definitely need to try this out! I have thousands of photos, and a lot of them are in more than one place I’m sure. I’m not low on hard drive space yet, but I tend to get antsy when it’s 50% full. Thank you for the info!
Excellent useful tips to increase speed of pc by removing unnecessary files.Thank you.
Guh, I’m constantly battling this problem. Need a bigger hard drive!
Great article, could have done with it a while back as soon as my computer starts getting sluggish, I assume it’s the age of the computer and end up going out and buying a new one!! Could have saved me a fortune over the years!!
Thanks for this information, as i was running out of space and this thing helped to save some space on hard drive.
Cool..now i have new knowledge when my computer starts slowing down. I think maybe this is the starts of every computer problem, lots of unused files pile in our hardisk and that whats make is slow and temperature gets ups and start getting wrecked. the first thing will be the drop of the power supply and continuously on and on until we buy a new one. Correct me if I’m wrong.
that’s a great software dude…..
thanks for sharing
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