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12-26-2005, 1:25 alan Joined on 08-10-2005 Hong Kong Posts 120 NoClone - Atomic PC AU NoClone By Nick Ross | November 9, 2005 Email | Print | Discuss this Article (23 posts) Snapshot Verdict: Got crap? Use this. If you're anything like me then you've got a multi-Gigabyte music library full of duplicate songs that you've been dumping in various folders over the course of several years – gathered as you've transferred folders from one PC to another. You'll also have several copies of the same digital photos strewn across various folders from where you've transferred the contents of an old hard disk on to another. You could have several versions of the same document and a whole host of other files cluttering up your hard disk. If you're a network admin then your network could be full of non-files (0KB in size) and duplicated rubbish. If any of the above sound even vaguely familiar, then you need NoClone. It searches your hard disks for you and finds the duplicated and bad files. You can then mark the offenders and delete them all at once. If you've got hundreds of files, a 'smart mark' feature allows you to automatically mark the older files or those in particular places before deleting them – it's highly customiseable. In virtually no time at all your hard disk will be virtually trimmed in size by a factor of loads. If you've always meant to get round to organising your files but never have time, quite simply NoClone is for you. You can get it online direct from the NoClone people. It's $38 or $71 for the Enterprise version. Get it at: http://noclone.net Email | Print | Discuss this Article (23 posts) For the best prices on tech gear. All Prices in Australian Dollars READER COMMENTS   1 | 2 Next Page  ryoohki  10/11/05 9:34:58 AM ryoohki thinks: Great tool, the company i work for might probably need this. Beats slowly searching up duplicates on 500+ gigs About the Atomic article NoClone http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=25639 Nick Ross used to have 20 copies of achybreakyheart.mp3 on his hard drive. What do you think? neo_kre8or  10/11/05 9:56:54 AM lolz @ price. Have often to run this - maybe once a year Is $38 (Australian??) really worth it? Caelum  10/11/05 10:30:27 AM if you've got several hundred gig of mp3's.... Yes :) Slace  10/11/05 12:10:28 PM would be better if it wasn't just mp3's What happens if you have several albums with the same song. Say, the album the song's on and then a best-of album. You've got 2 copied technically but you wouldn't want 1 removed. robzy  10/11/05 4:09:44 PM Does it only look for MP3s that are the exact same? Or does it take into account ID3 tags and all that jazz? This program does seem kind of handy. Rob. Cummings  10/11/05 5:19:09 PM For $38? dont think it is worth it when good managment is better. If it looks for exact clones of files, then MP3's wil have the same ID3 tags. Give me an hour in visual basic and i will have a program, free, that can check for duplicate tags for you. This would not work for files without such tags but how often would you really need to scan for duplicate files? How would you check that you do not have copies that are in the slighest bit different? For a non freeware program, I am unimpressed by what is claims to do. And because it is not freeware I am not going to buy it just to see if it can. Free Software For All mark84  10/11/05 7:05:12 PM There are freeware options around, you just have to look. EasyCleaner - helps clean up your machine by removing invalid registry entries, unnecessary files, duplicate files, invalid shortcuts, Internet Explorer history and cookies etc. It also allows you to manage the startup program list and add/remove software list. http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm And one I use myself: Dup Detector - Dup Detector finds duplicate or near duplicate images by comparing image pixel data. Large image collections are often infested with duplicate images under different names. They can be cleaned more quickly with the use of Dup Detector. http://www.prismaticsoftware.com/Utility/Utility.html Hope someone finds that useful. 0M39A_1337  10/11/05 10:24:52 PM If you like the idea of this program, try DupliFinder. its written by a mate of mine, and he would love any comments/suggestions you have towards it. works on md5 hashing files to tell if they are duplicates or not. takes a while to work, but its a great program. get it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/duplifinder/ morris  11/11/05 2:45:27 AM I was very keen to download the program until I read the words "Free Trial". Since there are freeware options already available, I'm not even going to bother with this. Flathead_21  11/11/05 8:56:54 AM its called being organised ppl.... bnew  11/11/05 12:37:52 PM Great idea. Which is why it has been done before. If I use something like this, it will be the freeware type for me. I guess it could be good for some companies though Xabbu  11/11/05 1:36:52 PM it's called itunes >_> aioth  12/11/05 5:31:35 PM It's called ripping them yourself, instead of pirating. brains  13/11/05 1:52:08 PM Quote by aioth It's called ripping them yourself, instead of pirating. They're both illegal... red_emu  13/11/05 9:04:05 PM lol, brains is right....even tho that is really, really stupid....anyway, umm, just be organised...a lote easier, and cheaper Propellerhead  17/11/05 8:01:30 AM $38 ! I use yet another Free alternative, called Duff ("Duplicate File Finder"). Does it all, & is perfectly Free! Viva la Open Source ! N3M3SiS  17/11/05 10:34:02 AM /joins angry, pitchfork-wielding mob shouting about paying for things 8] What flathead said. Penniless_Prophet  20/11/05 7:02:59 PM OMG I don't see this being worth it at all. I mean in a pinch a little python could find you all the files with the same name. And then a little knowledge of hashing and some time could get rid of all the files that are the same even if the name is slightly different. I am not impressed with this program, I am even less impressed with Atomic for bringing this program to my attention. pathetic sserega  26/11/05 1:59:29 AM Great tool but $38! very high price The_Hawk  8/12/05 12:48:05 PM What I would like to have is a way to have one file saved but a way to link it to multiple albums like Slace has said. Sure I could create a playlist for each album, then have the common songs saved once, but thats like a bloody lot of effort... maybe one day... when I have a spare year or so to dig through all the MP3's Slace  9/12/05 8:09:28 AM Quote by The_Hawk What I would like to have is a way to have one file saved but a way to link it to multiple albums like Slace has said. Sure I could create a playlist for each album, then have the common songs saved once, but thats like a bloody lot of effort... maybe one day... when I have a spare year or so to dig through all the MP3's Linux and symbolic linking :D exlex  15/12/05 3:28:27 PM http://www.pcauthority.com.au/review.aspx?CIaRID=2803 Is this normal? AtomicMPC got owned by Haymarket Media. NoClone Author Reasonable Software House    Report

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