Freeing Space by Reducing Duplicate Backups
Key points
- Choose the backup files
- Check the wasted space
- Tidy up
Find Duplicate Files shows how much space duplicates are wasting.
Steps
- Select the files in the folder
- Check the "wasted space" shown
- Save the ZIP without duplicates
Folders cannot be selected. Select the files inside.
Use "Find Duplicate Files" (free)
Tools that go well with this
- Check a File's Hash (SHA-256): Calculate a file's hash and compare it.
- Make a ZIP File: Pack several files into one ZIP.
- Rename Many Files at Once (Numbers, Dates): Rename many files at once with numbers or dates.