Safe to eliminate duplicate files?

[Gerhard]

Safe to eliminate duplicate files?

I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time. So, I
used Easy Duplicate Finder http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com
(protecting however system folders and other system files
*.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
duplicate files.

But perhaps these duplicates are necessary?
I noticed, that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located in
two locations:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
Is it safe, to delete one of them?
Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate files
in windows vista home premium?

Thanks in advance, Gerhard

 

[fatsteve]

Gerhard wrote:
> Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
>
> I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time. So, I
> used Easy Duplicate Finder http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com
> (protecting however system folders and other system files
> *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
> duplicate files.
>
> But perhaps these duplicates are necessary?
> I noticed, that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located in
> two locations:
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
> C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
> Is it safe, to delete one of them?
> Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate files
> in windows vista home premium?
>
> Thanks in advance, Gerhard
>

Why bother? What are you going to save 100kb? 2mb? 10mb? 50mb? This
is peanuts

 

[Mary]

And to add to that--many so called duplicates are not real duplicates at all.
If you delete one of those, you delete the real file as well. Files listed
under Desktop, YourName are not actual files, just links to the real thing.
The only files you should consider deleting are those you created
yourself--ones you recognize and know you don't want to keep.
"fatsteve" wrote:

> Gerhard wrote:
> > Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
> >
> > I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time. So, I
> > used Easy Duplicate Finder http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com
> > (protecting however system folders and other system files
> > *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
> > duplicate files.
> >
> > But perhaps these duplicates are necessary?
> > I noticed, that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located in
> > two locations:
> > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
> > C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
> > Is it safe, to delete one of them?
> > Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate files
> > in windows vista home premium?
> >
> > Thanks in advance, Gerhard
> >
>
> Why bother? What are you going to save 100kb? 2mb? 10mb? 50mb? This
> is peanuts
>

 

[LesleyO]

"fatsteve" <internet@sky.com> wrote in message
news:48e58179$0$22580$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> Gerhard wrote:
>> Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
>>
>> I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time. So,
>> I used Easy Duplicate Finder http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com
>> (protecting however system folders and other system files
>> *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
>> duplicate files. But perhaps these duplicates are necessary? I noticed,
>> that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located in two
>> locations:
>> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
>> C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
>> Is it safe, to delete one of them?
>> Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate
>> files in windows vista home premium? Thanks in advance, Gerhard
>>
>
> Why bother? What are you going to save 100kb? 2mb? 10mb? 50mb? This is
> peanuts

Apparently you don't know enough to know that those duplicates are not
really duplicates. Have you not examined your own system? They are a
duplicate *list* and form of link to the original. Your response may have
caused this user to lose some of his original material.

 

[fatsteve]

LesleyO wrote:
>
> "fatsteve" <internet@sky.com> wrote in message
> news:48e58179$0$22580$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>> Gerhard wrote:
>>> Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
>>>
>>> I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time.
>>> So, I used Easy Duplicate Finder http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com
>>> (protecting however system folders and other system files
>>> *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
>>> duplicate files. But perhaps these duplicates are necessary? I
>>> noticed, that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located
>>> in two locations:
>>> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
>>> C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
>>> Is it safe, to delete one of them?
>>> Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified
>>> duplicate files in windows vista home premium? Thanks in advance,
>>> Gerhard
>>>
>>
>> Why bother? What are you going to save 100kb? 2mb? 10mb? 50mb? This
>> is peanuts
>
> Apparently you don't know enough to know that those duplicates are not
> really duplicates. Have you not examined your own system? They are a
> duplicate *list* and form of link to the original. Your response may
> have caused this user to lose some of his original material.
>

Huh? My response was against searching for and deleting duplicates.

 

[LesleyO]

"fatsteve" <internet@sky.com> wrote in message
news:48e595c4$0$22545$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> LesleyO wrote:
>>
>> "fatsteve" <internet@sky.com> wrote in message
>> news:48e58179$0$22580$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>> Gerhard wrote:
>>>> Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time.
>>>> So, I used Easy Duplicate Finder http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com
>>>> (protecting however system folders and other system files
>>>> *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
>>>> duplicate files. But perhaps these duplicates are necessary? I noticed,
>>>> that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located in two
>>>> locations:
>>>> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
>>>> C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
>>>> Is it safe, to delete one of them?
>>>> Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate
>>>> files in windows vista home premium? Thanks in advance, Gerhard
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why bother? What are you going to save 100kb? 2mb? 10mb? 50mb? This
>>> is peanuts
>>
>> Apparently you don't know enough to know that those duplicates are not
>> really duplicates. Have you not examined your own system? They are a
>> duplicate *list* and form of link to the original. Your response may
>> have caused this user to lose some of his original material.
>>
>
> Huh? My response was against searching for and deleting duplicates.

Not in a way that showed you knew anything about the fact that they weren't,
in fact, duplicates! All you did was chide OP down about saving a "peanuts"
amount of space. No caution about *absolutely not doing it because he would
lose his originals*!

 

[SIW2]

LesleyO852268 Wrote:
> "fatsteve" <internet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:48e595c4$0$22545$5a62ac22@xxxxxx-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...> > >
> > > LesleyO wrote:> > > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> "fatsteve" <internet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > >>
> > > news:48e58179$0$22580$5a62ac22@xxxxxx-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> > > >>
> > > >> Apparently you don't know enough to know that those duplicates are
> > > not
> > > >> really duplicates. Have you not examined your own system? They are
> > > a
> > > >> duplicate *list* and form of link to the original. Your response
> > > may
> > > >> have caused this user to lose some of his original material.
> > > >>> > > >
> > >
> > > Huh? My response was against searching for and deleting
> > duplicates. > >
>
> Not in a way that showed you knew anything about the fact that they
> weren't,
> in fact, duplicates! All you did was chide OP down about saving a
> "peanuts"
> amount of space. No caution about *absolutely not doing it because he
> would
> lose his originals*!

Hello fatsteve,

I believe those apps. like doublekiller and the one you are using are
only intended to be run on folders containing your own pictures,
documents, music files, etc. If Vista decides it needs copies of files -
best let it keep them.

A safer idea may be to keep all your personal docs, pics, etc. on a
separate partition from the operating system - any cleaning you do of
that partition won't damage the o/s.

Then use proper disk cleaning tools like Vista's cleanmgr.exe to keep
the o/s partition in shape.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76073-disk-cleanup.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87831-disk-cleanup-correct-shortcut-vista-64-bit.html

Hope that helps

SIW2


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SIW2

 

[SIW2]

SIW2852285 Wrote:
> > LesleyO852268 Wrote:
> > "fatsteve" <internet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:48e595c4$0$22545$5a62ac22@xxxxxx-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...> > > > >
> > > > LesleyO wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Huh? My response was against searching for and deleting duplicates. > > > >
> >
> > Not in a way that showed you knew anything about the fact that they
> > weren't,
> > in fact, duplicates! All you did was chide OP down about saving a
> > "peanuts"
> > amount of space. No caution about *absolutely not doing it because
> > he would
> > lose his originals*!> >
>
> Hello fatsteve,
>
> I believe those apps. like doublekiller and the one you are using are
> only intended to be run on folders containing your own pictures,
> documents, music files, etc. If Vista decides it needs copies of files
> - best let it keep them.
>
> A safer idea may be to keep all your personal docs, pics, etc. on a
> separate partition from the operating system - any cleaning you do of
> that partition won't damage the o/s.
>
> Then use proper disk cleaning tools like Vista's cleanmgr.exe to keep
> the o/s partition in shape.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76073-disk-cleanup.html
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87831-disk-cleanup-correct-shortcut-vista-64-bit.html
>
> Hope that helps
>
> SIW2


You may also like to try glaryutilities, free from 'Glary Utilities |
Glarysoft' (http://www.glarysoft.com) . It has a duplicate finder
function , which searches the other way round - only looking for files
it knows are safe. I just ran it on my C drive and it reported no
duplicates belonging to the o/s/

7038

SIW2


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[fatsteve]

LesleyO wrote:
>
> "fatsteve" <internet@sky.com> wrote in message
> news:48e595c4$0$22545$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>> LesleyO wrote:
>>>
>>> "fatsteve" <internet@sky.com> wrote in message
>>> news:48e58179$0$22580$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>> Gerhard wrote:
>>>>> Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over
>>>>> time. So, I used Easy Duplicate Finder
>>>>> http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com (protecting however system
>>>>> folders and other system files *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite
>>>>> surprised by the large number of duplicate files. But perhaps these
>>>>> duplicates are necessary? I noticed, that very often the same file,
>>>>> e.g. windows.edb, is located in two locations:
>>>>> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
>>>>> C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
>>>>> Is it safe, to delete one of them?
>>>>> Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified
>>>>> duplicate files in windows vista home premium? Thanks in advance,
>>>>> Gerhard
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why bother? What are you going to save 100kb? 2mb? 10mb? 50mb?
>>>> This is peanuts
>>>
>>> Apparently you don't know enough to know that those duplicates are
>>> not really duplicates. Have you not examined your own system? They
>>> are a duplicate *list* and form of link to the original. Your
>>> response may have caused this user to lose some of his original
>>> material.
>>>
>>
>> Huh? My response was against searching for and deleting duplicates.
>
> Not in a way that showed you knew anything about the fact that they
> weren't, in fact, duplicates! All you did was chide OP down about saving
> a "peanuts" amount of space. No caution about *absolutely not doing it
> because he would lose his originals*!


ooh well ladi da

 

[fatsteve]

SIW2 wrote:
> SIW2852285 Wrote:
>>> LesleyO852268 Wrote:
>>> "fatsteve" <internet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:48e595c4$0$22545$5a62ac22@xxxxxx-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...> > > > >
>>>>> LesleyO wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Huh? My response was against searching for and deleting duplicates. > > > >
>>> Not in a way that showed you knew anything about the fact that they
>>> weren't,
>>> in fact, duplicates! All you did was chide OP down about saving a
>>> "peanuts"
>>> amount of space. No caution about *absolutely not doing it because
>>> he would
>>> lose his originals*!> >
>> Hello fatsteve,
>>
>> I believe those apps. like doublekiller and the one you are using are
>> only intended to be run on folders containing your own pictures,
>> documents, music files, etc. If Vista decides it needs copies of files
>> - best let it keep them.
>>
>> A safer idea may be to keep all your personal docs, pics, etc. on a
>> separate partition from the operating system - any cleaning you do of
>> that partition won't damage the o/s.
>>
>> Then use proper disk cleaning tools like Vista's cleanmgr.exe to keep
>> the o/s partition in shape.
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76073-disk-cleanup.html
>>
>> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87831-disk-cleanup-correct-shortcut-vista-64-bit.html
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
>> SIW2
>
>
> You may also like to try glaryutilities, free from 'Glary Utilities |
> Glarysoft' (http://www.glarysoft.com) . It has a duplicate finder
> function , which searches the other way round - only looking for files
> it knows are safe. I just ran it on my C drive and it reported no
> duplicates belonging to the o/s/
>
> 7038
>
> SIW2
>
>
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> |Filename: DUPLICATE2008-10-04_041734.jpg |
> |Download: http://www.vistax64.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7038 |
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>

I was not the OP

 

[SIW2]

Gerhard851344 Wrote:
> Safe to eliminate duplicate files?
>
> I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time.
> So, I
> used Easy Duplicate Finder 'Easy Duplicate File Finder - Delete
> Duplicate Files' (http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com)
> (protecting however system folders and other system files
> *.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
> duplicate files.
>
> But perhaps these duplicates are necessary?
> I noticed, that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located
> in
> two locations:
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
> C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
> Is it safe, to delete one of them?
> Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate
> files
> in windows vista home premium?
>
> Thanks in advance, Gerhard

Hello,

I believe most of those those apps., like doublekiller and the one you
are using are only intended to be run on folders containing your own
pictures, documents, etc. If Vista decides it needs copies or apparent
copies - best let it keep them.

A safer idea may be to keep all your personal docs, pics, etc. on a
separate partition from the operating system - any cleaning you do of
that partition won't damage the o/s.

Then use proper disk cleaning tools like Vista's own to keep the o/s
partition in shape.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76073-disk-cleanup.html

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87831-disk-cleanup-correct-shortcut-vista-64-bit.html

You may like to try the free glaryutilities. It has a duplicate finder
function , which can search the other way round - only looking for files
it knows are safe. I just ran it on my C drive and it reported no
duplicates belonging to the o/s.

'Glary Utilities | Glarysoft' (http://www.glarysoft.com)

Hope that helps

SIW2


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SIW2

 

[Cleaner007]

Safe to eliminate duplicate files?

I wanted to eliminate duplicate files that had accumulated over time. So, I
used Easy Duplicate Finder Easy Duplicate File Finder - Delete Duplicate Files
(protecting however system folders and other system files
*.sys,.*ocx,*drv,*dll) and was quite surprised by the large number of
duplicate files.

But perhaps these duplicates are necessary?
I noticed, that very often the same file, e.g. windows.edb, is located in
two locations:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows and also in
C:\Users\AllUsers\ Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows.
Is it safe, to delete one of them?
Or more general, is it safe to eliminate all thus identified duplicate files
in windows vista home premium?

Thanks in advance, Gerhard

I use to remove duplicate files Clone Remover. Very good app.

 

[Paul Montgomery]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:59:27 -0500, Cleaner007
<Cleaner007.3gxifa@news.home.local> wrote:

>I use to 'remove duplicate files'
>[URL and name snipped]. Very
>good app.
>
>
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>Cleaner007
>Posted via http://windowsbb.com Forum to Usenet gateway

"Cleaner007" is a shill.

When a post can't be found to make that reply to, one will be created
asking if anyone knows of a similar product.

There are FREE products available.

 

[Allan Braun]

Is it safe

When in doubt - do not delete the file

I use Directory Report to find my duplicate files
http://www.file-utilities.com/downloads/wdir.zip