{"id":14966,"date":"2010-02-08T12:38:44","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T17:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=14966"},"modified":"2010-02-08T12:38:44","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T17:38:44","slug":"techbite-got-duplicate-files-dump-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/techbite-got-duplicate-files-dump-them\/","title":{"rendered":"TechBite: Got Duplicate Files? Dump Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/stevewp.jpg\" alt=\"stevewp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7654 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Steve Bass<\/p>\n<p>No matter how neat you are, I guarantee your drive has duplicate files. Find them with <a href=\"http:\/\/clicks.aweber.com\/y\/ct\/?l=PFpZi&#038;m=1aJaeuCsnJu37q&#038;b=aCXdfRA4fv4mRY7EbpEUEA\" target=\"_blank\">Easy Duplicate Finder<\/a>. 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