This task can be accomplished easily with the help of BitDefender Total Security application. Although the BitDefender Total Security is an anti-virus program that also works efficiently when used as a firewall, the application has also some built-in tune-up features that allow the users to optimize the Windows performance.
Since a computer system may have multiple duplicate files if it is used for quite a long time, and the duplicate files might be larger in size occupying a decent amount of space in the hard disk drive, it is important to keep checking the computer for such duplicate elements in order to make the optimum use of the computer system and the hard disk drive that it has.
Considering this, you can exploit the BitDefender Total Security tune-up tools to identify the duplicate files that your computer may have, and can remove them from the hard disk drive.
The BitDefender Total Security application is very smart. It automatically excludes the Windows system files from the scanning list while checking the hard disk drive for the duplicate objects.
Also, in order to check the system for the duplicate files, you are not required to log on to the computer using administrator account. However, as per the configured NTFS permissions, you might sometimes be required to provide appropriate credentials in order to remove the duplicate files from the computer.
Here is what you need to do in order to check your computer system for duplicate files using the BitDefender Total Security program:
Since a computer system may have multiple duplicate files if it is used for quite a long time, and the duplicate files might be larger in size occupying a decent amount of space in the hard disk drive, it is important to keep checking the computer for such duplicate elements in order to make the optimum use of the computer system and the hard disk drive that it has.
Considering this, you can exploit the BitDefender Total Security tune-up tools to identify the duplicate files that your computer may have, and can remove them from the hard disk drive.
The BitDefender Total Security application is very smart. It automatically excludes the Windows system files from the scanning list while checking the hard disk drive for the duplicate objects.
Also, in order to check the system for the duplicate files, you are not required to log on to the computer using administrator account. However, as per the configured NTFS permissions, you might sometimes be required to provide appropriate credentials in order to remove the duplicate files from the computer.
Here is what you need to do in order to check your computer system for duplicate files using the BitDefender Total Security program:
- ■Log on to the computer where you want to check for the duplicate files.
■Initialize the BitDefender Total Security application by double-clicking its icon or by right-clicking its icon in the system tray, and clicking the Show option from the context menu. (BitDefender Total Security 2010 is used for this demonstration.).
■On the opened interface of the application, from the left pane, click to select the Tune-Up category.
■From the right pane, under the Duplicate Finder section, click the Run Now button.
■On the opened Duplicate Finder Wizard window, make sure that the Ignore 0 KB files, Ignore Windows specific items, and Ignore Windows Program Files items checkboxes are checked.
■Click the Add Target button present under the checkboxes.
■From the opened BitDefender Select Target box, check the checkboxes representing the locations where you want the BitDefender Total Security to scan for the duplicate files.
■Once done, click OK.
■Back on the Duplicate Finder Wizard box, click the Next button to start the scanning process.
■Once the scanning is complete, you can then take appropriate action to get rid of the duplicate files that the BitDefender Total Security may have detected.
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