How to find duplicate folders?

[muchlux]

Hi.

I am searching for a tool which finds duplicate folders.

This means true identical folders, not only folders which contain "some" identical files but "all" identical files.

I need this for removing true duplicate directories in a lot of backup media.

I tried DupExplore etc. but they do not work as promised.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Jeremy]

You mean folders with the same name? If so, Start > Search > <Insert Folder name here>, specify that you are looking for folders, view search results.

Identical files... I recommend jv16 PowerTools.

Edited December 8, 2006 by Jeremy

[muchlux]

Hi,

I mean true identical folders with identical content.

For example I have some USB HDDs with a lot of backups, and I want to remove double backups.

But some folders differ only in some files intentionally - they shall be kept intact.

--> The folder name (not the complete folter tree) must be regarded during clone file search.

I have around 100 folders and various subfolders, from them have 90% the identical content and shall be deleted.

But the remaining 10% shall be kept intact. (~60GB Data all)

The folder name and the containing data belongs together, folders with same name but different data shall be untouched.