Database

This feature enables you to store the calculated checksums during a scan for duplicate files into a database. That has the advantage that further file scans requires considerably less time because of the reuse of the stored checksums.

The storage of the checksums can be activated for the following search methods:

Note: The database is not available on Windows XP.

Options

Recalculate checksum if the file size was changed

The checksum of a file will be recalculated if the current file size not match with the stored file size in the database.

Recalculate checksum if the file modified date was changed

The checksum of a file will be recalculated if the current modified date of the file not match with the stored modified date in the database.

Database Tools

Cleanup

Checks the existence of all stored files in the database and removes the files not exist anymore from the database.

Reset

Deletes all checksums in the database.

New

Deletes the existing database file and creates a new database file.