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qwertywarrior
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hi guys

i have 3 external hard drives and many of this vids are copied all over the place

need a software that will check the copies if there are any

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2 external 500gb drive

1 internal TB drive

2TB external drive

deleting videos manually is not an option

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They should all be the same name. Unless you changed them.

Attach them all to the same computer. Funnel them into the same storage system if possible.

Go down the list and delete any that are duplicates when sorting by name. 

Use the delete key. Make use of CTRL and SHIFT to select large ranges at once.

That's just what I would do. I doubt there's a dedicated program for such a task.

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I agree with @Vitalius.

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They should all be the same name. Unless you changed them.

Attach them all to the same computer. Funnel them into the same storage system if possible.

Go down the list and delete any that are duplicates when sorting by name. 

Use the delete key. Make use of CTRL and SHIFT to select large ranges at once.

That's just what I would do. I doubt there's a dedicated program for such a task.

yeah thats not possible your talking about 4 Tb of videos

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yeah thats not possible your talking about 4 Tb of videos

Another option:

Sort by name for seasons/series of videos (I'm assuming there are seasons/series).

Funnel them by series into an empty drive/folder on a single HDD. Do them in chunks like this. 

Do what I just said from there for each one. 

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Another option:

Sort by name for seasons/series of videos (I'm assuming there are seasons/series).

Funnel them by series into an empty drive/folder on a single HDD. Do them in chunks like this. 

Do what I just said from there for each one. 

ur talking about hundreds of random no name folders scattered everywhere  on separate hard drives

i dont have an empty hard drive atm

 

a software will be nice

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I know how you feel. I also have thousands of videos. I've been procrastinating for months to sit and sort it all, but I don't have the time, and it's a lot of work.

 

 

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I know how you feel. I also have thousands of videos. I've been procrastinating for months to sit and sort it all, but I don't have the time, and it's a lot of work.

would be great if a software existed that will help you sort out everything

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I keep all of my media sorted to begin with.

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I keep all of my media sorted to begin with.

 

This.

would be great if a software existed that will help you sort out everything

Well, it doesn't. Anything related to this idea that I've found looks like a Virus website. I don't trust it.

 

 

ur talking about hundreds of random no name folders scattered everywhere  on separate hard drives

i dont have an empty hard drive atm

 

a software will be nice

Well, that's not hard to fix. 

Take the largest HDD in this collection of HDD's dedicated to video files and funnel the files therein into all the other drives til they are full. If possible.

Then start copying large batches of the files from each one and sorting them into this large HDD sorting them as you go.

This is your only option if they are in "a bunch of no name folders scattered everywhere" if you want them sorted. You made this mess, so you have to fix it. 

Sorry, but that's how it is. Good luck.

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This.

Well, it doesn't. Anything related to this idea that I've found looks like a Virus website. I don't trust it.

 

 

Well, that's not hard to fix. 

Take the largest HDD in this collection of HDD's dedicated to video files and funnel the files therein into all the other drives til they are full. If possible.

Then start copying large batches of the files from each one and sorting them into this large HDD sorting them as you go.

This is your only option if they are in "a bunch of no name folders scattered everywhere" if you want them sorted. You made this mess, so you have to fix it. 

Sorry, but that's how it is. Good luck.

yeah k

http://www.lupopensuite.com/db/easyduplicatefinder.htm

 

found one :)

13GB of duplicate files

i thought it would have been more though

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A simple google search came up with this: http://download.cnet.com/Duplicate-Checker/3000-2248_4-126476.html

 

 

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A simple google search came up with this: http://download.cnet.com/Duplicate-Checker/3000-2248_4-126476.html

 

 

google is your friend...

using google

what comes up is either old  , virus  or a trial

ive seen that cnet download website before making a thread

 

" (15-day trial, 10 files to delete/copy/move per run); $25.00 to buy"

reading is your friend too

 
 
after a long search i found a pcworld  article dated 2013 that showed 3 programs that worked great one of them was easy duplicate finder
 
Linus discourages the use of posting google links for help
keep this forum friendly

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using google

what comes up is either old , virus or a trial

ive seen that cnet download website before making a thread

" (15-day trial, 10 files to delete/copy/move per run); $25.00 to buy"

reading is your friend too

after a long search i found a pcworld article dated 2013 that showed 3 programs that worked great one of them was easy duplicate finder

Linus discourages the use of posting google links for help

keep this forum friendly

Well I kinda figured this was just a one time thing, perhaps you should stop making duplicate copies if you don't want duplicate copies? And I didn't know trying to help someone out was unfriendly, next time I'll know better when you request help.

P.S. I've used download.com hundreds of times and not once have I run into an issue with viruses or the like.

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Well I kinda figured this was just a one time thing, perhaps you should stop making duplicate copies if you don't want duplicate copies? And I didn't know trying to help someone out was unfriendly, next time I'll know better when you request help.

P.S. I've used download.com hundreds of times and not once have I run into an issue with viruses or the like.

1. i didnt say that download.com has viruses i said if i googled such software most of them are viruses like what Vitalius said

i pointed out what u linked was not free

2.linus said it would be better not to say "use google" in such threads

3.ok ill go back in time and tell my self not to make copies by mistake

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