How to Automatically delete a huge amount of Duplicate Files

Lot of us have Database Management System as a subject in our Graduation and so most of us do know that the existence of Duplicate files is one of the main drawbacks of File system, because of which database has come into limelight.

Duplicate files occupy additional space in the HDD, making huge issue for storage of important data.Junk expands to fill all the available space. A crowded hard drive slows you down and stops you from fully enjoying all your favorite programs. There are many easy ways to find,identify and delete the duplicate files.

Know How...!!!

To solve this issue, we have hell lot of software programs available in commercial, as well as free versions. 

If your OS is Windows, it is a mandatory to install a software to delete duplicate files.Some of the programs recommended are: Easy Duplicate Finder, Volcano's Duplicate Cleaner Free, ,Auslogics Duplicate Finder, Duplicate Cleaner and the list goes on...

1. Easy Duplicate Finder is simple, yet powerful tool to find the duplicates and delete them.
You can download it @:http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/

2. Volcano's Duplicate Cleaner Free enables you to check whether they are duplicates before deleting them.
Find it @:http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html

3. Auslogics Duplicate File Finder has the MD5 search engine which allows you to find duplicate files by content, regardless other match criteria. It would be helpful, for example, when two identical mp3 tracks or video files.Download link available @: http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/duplicate-file-finder/

4. Duplicate Cleaner surprises you by finding many duplicate files you could find forgotten in an obscure documents folder.
Checkout @: http://download.cnet.com/Duplicate-Cleaner/3000-2248_4-10584403.html

All these need your monitoring of duplicate files before deleting because, sometimes, same system files may exist in different folders for various reasons. In order to avoid such issues, check twice before deleting duplicate files. Is it practical if there are 1,00,000 or so files having duplicates in the system???

Then you need to automate deletion. So, before you go the automated route, consider a safer option: Set your duplicate file finder to ignore files smaller than 20MB. That way, you'll have far fewer files to worry about, yet still free up a lot of space.If you still want the program to automatically select files to delete, use your duplicate file finder's automatic selection tool. Once the program has made all of the selections, click the File Removal button and decide how you want the files disposed. 

If  your OS is Linux, then you can delete duplicate files by using commands @ link below:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/how-to-remove-duplicate-files-without-wasting-time/2667

I hope this tip on How to free disk space by deleting duplicate files will make your experience better.