Windows File Recovery Process and De-duplicate the Files in Windows 10
Microsoft’s new Windows File Recovery tool allows users to recover any deleted or corrupted file to its original state. Let’s look at the pros and cons.
Pros:
Supports different mediums of storage external hard drives, USB sticks, phone SD memory card etc).
Supports several file formats including Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, images, music, videos etc.
Recovers data from different disk formats including NTFS, FAT, exFAT, and ReFS
Cons :
Cloud recovery is not possible.
Duplicate files may generate
There’s no graphical user interface. Technical command line interface is the only option.
While we can’t do much about other cons, we can definitely avoid the duplicate files issue using Clone Files Checker.
With the help of advanced file hashing technology, CFC can successfully detect and classify duplicate files.
It allows users to run custom scans for various different file types.
Users can then sort detected duplicates based on different factors like file size, location, last modified date etc.
Once selected, users can either move duplicates to another folder or permanently delete them.
Not just this but CFC also allows users to export scan results as CSV files.
Not only will this make your PC organized but will also help you recover lost storage space! Worth a try.