We have several users connecting to a shared file storage area over a Novell Network. I want to find out if people have saved identical copies of files to the drive, so that I can delete extra copies that we don't need to keep.

1. I am not looking for a particular file. I need a search tool that will find files that appear to have the same file name and/or content, so that I can manually check each potential duplicate and only keep the master version.
2. You can run a search on that shared drive the same way you would run a search on your local drives. Click start -> search -> for files and folders -> all files and folders. Then where it says "Look in:" change it from whatever it is to your share drive. example: //server/drive
3. I would just use the Built in Windows XP Pro OS Map the Network drive and then search for the file in many ways *.doc for all word Documents etc.. you can also Download Google Desktop for free that will index all of your Drives and then search as well
4. something like agent ransack :

   http://www.tucows.com/preview/318560…

   http://www.codeproject.com/tools/agentra…

5. Checkout Duplicate file finder @ http://www.funduc.com/dupfiles.htm…
6. Depends on how complex you want this to be, but it is probably easiest to check for files with the same CRC value.

   CRC (cyclic redundancy checks) create a checksum, which is a sort of digital signature for a file that remains the same, even if you rename the file.

   There are all kinds of programs out there that do this; just Google "CRC duplicate finder" or "checksum duplicate file".

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