I saw that, too, but I always write my replies for the entire group's use. If anyone's situation is more like mine, they will now have a way to deal with it without fear of overwriting important files. And if Don can use any part of my solution, then it's good information for him to know. :O) Peace, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: File manager > Ah, my friend, I think your situation and Don's are quite different! > I based my suggestions on the following statement by Don............ > > "Most of the > dupes will be from copying files from location to another as a backup > when I am about to embark on a dangerous mission. So most of it is > merely finding the various dupes and putting one in a safe location > and deleting the others. Very few are critical to the point of having > to look at every one and make multiple decisions per file name. > > The rest are no big loss if I make a mistake." > > Under those circumstances I see no need for a CRC check. > YMMV, lol --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------