Can someone suggest a Windows utility to search for non-duplicated files on different hard drives? I've got multiple hard drives with tens of thousands of files on them. Many are duplicates, but not necessarily in the same directories. I need to identify the files that are on one drive, but not on the other, regardless of their location in the directory tree.
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posted by cosmac
on Aug 23, 2008 -
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Why do electric utilities either not take credit cards for payment or charge ridiculously large surcharges ($5) to do so?
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posted by OTA
on Jun 22, 2008 -
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I will be moving to Marina Del Rey from NY soon. I've been a New Yorker all my life, and don't know much about west coast economics. I do come from the 10th most expensive-to-live-in county in the country, so I'm sure I won't be terribly ruffled by the prices. I was hoping I could get some insight on how much it typically costs for: Electric, Gas and Heat, Water, Cable/Net, and any other utilties I may have missed.
Thanks!
posted by FireStyle
on May 25, 2008 -
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I am new to renting and I just called the power company and they said that I have to pay a deposit no mater what my credit is. Is this normal practice?
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posted by stevechemist
on May 16, 2008 -
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I'm helping out a small not-for-profit with their financials and cost-containment. I've received a letter from our local natural gas provider which is confusing and (of course) it has been impossible to find anyone at the company who can give me a straight answer.
So, it is up to me to decide, should we take their offer or not when it comes to signing a contract for gas rates?
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posted by jeanmari
on May 12, 2008 -
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For example say I have a quicktime file open and I want to open the folder where the file resides...is there a program that will do this...?
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posted by matthelm
on Mar 13, 2008 -
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I bought a house a few months ago, shortly thereafter asked a friend and former housemate to move in with me, and am now feeling almost constantly enraged by behaviors that didn't bother me so much when I didn't own the house we shared. In fairness to myself, I think some of the behaviors are genuinely unfortunate--but I need some advice on what are reasonable limitations and how to stop my own complete transformation into a raging, miserable Nazi.
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posted by vegsister
on Feb 21, 2008 -
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I recently went out of town for 10 days and had a sprinkler valve fail, and flow for about a week. I just got the water bill 257,200 gallons in water usage (good thing we had a lot of rain this year in Austin) and around a $2000.00 bill not including wastewater. So, I'm going to call the city to see if they'll cut me some slack. Does anyone know if there are any magic words to say that would make the city of Austin ( experience with other municipal utilities would be helpful, I'm sure a lot of them have similar policies) wave some of all of thier charges?
posted by TahitiBlue
on Jan 7, 2008 -
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Last week with the help of AskMetaFilter I installed a new hard drive and a fresh install of Windows XP. Thanks!
Now I would like opinions on software and utilities. Hopefully free.
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posted by snowjoe
on Oct 20, 2007 -
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Is there a utility (freeware or not) that will allow me to specify a directory in Windows XP and monitor that directory for any changes to files (access time, modified time, etc..)?
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posted by KevinSkomsvold
on Oct 8, 2007 -
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Any software out there that can match files from a folder based on a list of keywords, and move the matches to another folder?
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posted by nataaniinez
on Sep 12, 2007 -
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Are there any Windows utilities that manage the status information for multiple IM clients? Skype, MSN, Yahoo...
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posted by fsmontenegro
on Apr 24, 2007 -
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So I found a new home. Its great. Only catch is this: there is a washer dryer hookup but I'm pretty sure its hooked up to only one of the unit's electric/gas (I'm not sure who's). This seems like this would ultimately lead to conflict. I'm trying to figure out a low stress solution to this problem.
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posted by mrgreyisyelling
on Jan 25, 2007 -
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I'm a serial reinstaller of windows. Help me located freeware/shareware programs to properly protect my machine from affects which will make me want to wipe the slate clean again. I’d like to reinstall and do it right from the beginning. Feel free to post any useful utility.
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posted by JakeLL
on Jan 9, 2007 -
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After a last minute sale of my condo, the deal on the house I bought closes on Thursday. I need to arrange for utilities, insurance, and some repairs, and have next-to-no time to do research. If you have a satisfactory provider of any of these things and said provider's services are available to a Torontonian, recommend away! And of course I'll think of you all when I'm doing my happy dance on my rooftop terrace;-)
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posted by orange swan
on Nov 20, 2006 -
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Is it legal for landlords in the United States and the State of Colorado to pay the utilities for a building and then evenly divide the sum between all of the apartments? Someone told me that there was law against this but I have been unable to locate it. They said that essentially all units must be metered or the rent can be raised to "include utilities" but that they could not pass utilities on without metering apartments so that each pays their share.
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posted by occidental
on Nov 18, 2006 -
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I used to have a little software application that would assess my hard drive and display a colorful pie graph of folders and subfolders, so that it was very easy to visually determine the location of the file bulk. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? Bonus points for freeware.
posted by abbyladybug
on Aug 25, 2006 -
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I accidentally deleted my Utilities folder (OS X 10.4.5) in a moment of madness. Was there anything in there I actually needed? I am kind of missing Grab. Is there somewhere to download it, or do I need to dig out the install disc?
posted by roofus
on Apr 13, 2006 -
5 answers
Does a utility company have the right to run a cable over my property to my neighbor's house?
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posted by bondcliff
on Feb 23, 2006 -
27 answers
What would you put on a CD to give to non-technical Windows users to help them clean spyware off of their PC and doing other related easy technical tasks?
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posted by furvyn
on Jan 2, 2006 -
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New Mac UserFilter - Loading up a new iBook: What software and utilities should I put on it.
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posted by clarkie666
on Dec 16, 2005 -
19 answers
I like what
VisualCD does (makes a browseable catalog of a given disk), but it is bonking on files bigger than 2GB. This is a deal breaker for my needs.
Anybody know a more robust alternative for Win32, that does the same thing?
posted by everichon
on Nov 8, 2005 -
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I'm looking for a Windows tool that will allow you to "Copy as Text" from Windows Explorer. Anybody know of anything?
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posted by bwilms
on Oct 15, 2005 -
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How much does it cost (or what is the amount of electricity / volume of water used) to do one full load of laundry, as an average. Or, how would I go about getting precise figures for this? I want to know how much too much we pay to operate the pay-per-load laundry machines in our new apartment building.
posted by ChrisR
on Jul 16, 2005 -
5 answers
Fax Utilities for Mac OS X--recommendations? The utility that comes with Tiger is only for the occasional fax.
posted by ParisParamus
on Jun 29, 2005 -
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I use
del.icio.us a LOT. I have over 500 links. I want to do some editing of all of my links. There are several links I'd like to delete, and it seems the only way I can do that is to open each one individuall, which is incredibly time consuming. Oftentimes, I want to add the same tag to several links in a certain category. In general, there are just several occasions where it would be very helpful to have some way to edit many links at once. Does anyone know of any utilies that make this easier (software, extensions, online sites that speed up the process, etc.)?
posted by abbyladybug
on Jun 23, 2005 -
6 answers
I'm having trouble choosing among the myriad web-based calendar management programs. Which do you recommend?
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posted by RockyChrysler
on Jun 2, 2005 -
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Howdy! Mac OSX folks: What's your favourite source for finding good Macintosh shareware/freeware?
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posted by NewGear
on Apr 15, 2005 -
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Is there any javascript, Firefox plugin/extension or utility out there which would enable me to bookmark every link on a webpage automatically?
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posted by Dreama
on Mar 10, 2005 -
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I know there are batch renaming utilities, but I'm looking for a more general batch-file management tool. I'm in the middle of a big job that involves all sorts of renaming and rearranging of file / folder structures. For instance, I have a hundred folders, each of which contains a subfolder called Images. Within Images, there are three jpegs. I need to delete the Images folders but not the jpegs. The jpegs need to be moved up-one-level into the main folders. Another task involved copying a single html file into all 100 folders. This is all using WinXP.
posted by grumblebee
on Sep 29, 2004 -
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I'm compiling a disc of useful windows diagnostic and troubleshooting utilities for when I have to make house calls for friends and relatives. what are some maybe lesser known tools that you guys have found particularly useful? freeware would be nice, but not necessary.
posted by mcsweetie
on Aug 6, 2004 -
28 answers
I'm looking for shared, distributed address book software for a small company that hopefully works read/write on the web. Suggestions? (more inside)
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on Feb 26, 2004 -
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