Take a look at WinMerge also. Last I looked it was free. I have only used for file to file comparisons, but you can compare folders also.
Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Duplicate File Finder / File Compare Utility On 20 Jun 2008 at 8:38, Adrian P Wilkinson wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been tasked with tackling dealing with a large (18,000+ files) > dump of data from a previous file server - unfortunately the person > that did it has created 'Archive' and 'Archive2' folders without > labelling date. Timestamps on a few randomly chosen files incidcate > that the data in 'Archive2' is newer, but the timestamp on the 'Archive' folder indicates that it is newer. > > Most likely, the contents of 'Archive2' is the most recent versions > but I'd rather not chance throwing away some newer data by accepting > it at face value. Does anyone have any recommendations for a tool > that can look for files with the same name and file size between the > two folders and then delete one of them so that we can merge what's > left together to have one set of data? Depending on how files have > the same name but different file sizes, a recommendation for a > side-by-side comparison utility would be nice too. I use Total Commander from ghisler.com -- it has a directory-synch tool which will do a bit-by-bit comparison on files in two different directories (including subdirs) and then allow you to sync the dirs. For comparison, I use ExamDiff -- there's a Pro version but the free version has worked fine for me. > Thanks, as always, for your help in advance. > > Regards, Ade. > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
