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Duplicate Finder & Pie Chart - NESCOMP Shareware Package
Freely distributable... shareware (no limits).
Email octagone@hotmail.com with any questions.
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Why get the NESCOMP shareware package?  The NESCOMP Inc. distribution of
Duplicate Finder and Pie Chart (two disk information
programs) are a TWO for ONE deal.  When you register for either of the
programs you automatically get the other program registration free.

o Windows 95/98/NT compatible (note that display resolution 640x480
  or smaller is not recommended).
o No processor or memory requirements.
o Simple install... just unzip the executable
  (no registry modification, no library files, no other extra files).
o Relatively small executable size
  (less than 300K bytes per executable).
o No shareware tricks (not time limited or crippled).
o Relatively inexpensive... $10 (US currency) for both programs.  To register
  send a check or money order made out to NESCOMP to the following address...

NESCOMP Shareware Package
P.O. Box 73
Lawai, Kauai, HI 96765

o Simple license agreement....
  by using either program you agree to accept responsibility for any harm...
  NESCOMP will not be responsible for any action taken by a user due to use
  of the software or any damage done by installation or operation
  of the software.

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Duplicate Finder V1.1 (executable "dupfind.exe")
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Helps you to locate duplicate copies of files.
Follow the steps to set the disk drive search range and select the
minimum size file to include in the search.
While searching for duplicates "dupfind.exe"
will update the large box once a second
with what it is working on at the moment.
When finished, the large box will show the results.

Found 83 duplicates [G: to Z:] (744 files >= 50K) 157s
<---Indicates Duplicate Finder located 83 duplicated files in the range
    requested (G to Z) with the minimum size requested (>= 50K) in 157 seconds.
1(c) 812KB G:/ereg/Ip.exe
<---Indicates the file "Ip.exe" has one duplicate (copy)
 (c)...... G:/Ip.exe
<---Indicates the file "G:/Ip.exe" is a copy of the file listed above it.

Duplicate Finder Features
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o Abort a search at any moment with the "QUIT" button.
o Finds duplicate files regardless of location, attributes,
  or file name.
o Performs it's search for duplicates on a consecutive range
  of drives up to and including the total range of A: to Z:.
  Note that if a drive is included in the range that
  does not exist or has no medium in it (such as an empty CDROM drive)
  it will be quietly excluded from the search.
o Double click on an entry in the large box and Duplicate Finder runs
  Explorer... open at the disk and directory location of the double 
  clicked file.
o Does not perform any action other than finding duplicates
  and showing them.  No files are created, deleted, or otherwise affected
  due to the software design of Duplicate Finder.

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Pie Chart V1.2 (executable "piechart.exe")
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Helps you to locate areas which are utilizing the majority of file space.
Follow the steps to set the disk drive search range and perform the scan.
While scanning, "piechart.exe" will update the large box once a second
with what it is working on at the moment.
When finished, the large box will show the results along with
a pie chart to the right.  The pie chart changes
depending on what line is double clicked in the large box.
Simply left clicking a line in the large box will show that
line item detailed by text at the bottom.  The items with a [+] or [-] at left
can be opened (expanded) and closed (folded up).  The pie chart
will be redrawn in this case reflecting the changed focus.
All [+] and [-] lines indicate a directory with directory content.
Directories that contain only files (or are empty) do not get
the [+] or [-] display since they do not open up.
The color bars at left of the large box correspond to that item as
a slice drawn on the pie chart.
The verticle "gas gauge" at far right shows the current directory
selection (red) vs the total file usage (white).

Pie Chart Features
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o Abort scan at any moment with the "QUIT" button.
o Lists all disk and directory sizes including
  hidden and system files.
o Performs it's scan on a consecutive range
  of drives up to and including the total range of A: to Z:.
  Note that if a drive is included in the range that
  does not exist or has no medium in it (such as an empty CDROM drive)
  it will be quietly excluded from the scan.
o The gas gauge on the right edge shows the relationship of the currently
  selected directory versus the total usage of that volume (disk).
o The pie chart shows the relationship of the parts of the currently
  selected directory.  The color at the left of a line indicates that
  color pie slice belongs to the line.  If it's a directory marked with
  [+] then the slice represents all of it's directory content.  If it's
  a directory marked [-] then the slice represents only the files residing
  in the directory (the [-] indicates it is open, in which case it is
  the "whole pie").
o Does not perform any action other than scanning for directory sizes
  and showing them.  No files are created, deleted, or otherwise affected
  due to the software design of Pie Chart.

Note: Pie Chart does not include disk and operating system overhead
in sizes it calculates.  In layman's terms, the sizes are "pure file
bytes" and will be lower than the numbers that Window's shows, which
include directory entry space and disk cluster granularity.  As a
final example, Pie Chart reports the same numbers regardless FAT32 or FAT16
disk format.

Version 1.1 was 1st release, version 1.2 has a "small fonts" vs
"large fonts" problem fixed in the pie chart drawing.
