This document provides guidance on eliminating duplicate .rar files, a compressed file format created by WinRAR. It discusses the challenges of locating such duplicates scattered across a hard disk and outlines manual and automated methods for deletion, including the use of a utility called Clone Files Checker. This tool offers features like customizable scan options, review and fix capabilities, and the ability to manage duplicate files in various ways, such as permanently deleting them or moving them to a new folder.

1. How to Eliminate
Duplicate .RAR Files
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2. RAR Files
 RAR file type is used to compress data by encoding immense information into
its shortest form.
 It’s a proprietary format created by WinRAR, one of
the leading file compression programs.
 With WinRAR users make single RAR file comprising
data compressed from multiple files including
documents, images, videos, music, executable files,
presentations, spreadsheets and so on.
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3. Duplicate RAR files are scattered all over
Hard Disk
 It’s quite difficult to track duplicate RAR files.
 RAR files containing same compressed contents
are usually scattered all over the hard disk,
making it difficult to compare data from
different RAR files.
 It generally happens that different RAR files contain same contents with
different names.
 The disk space occupied by such files is too high, making it complicated to
organize your documents and files.
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4. Ways to Eliminate Duplicate RAR Files
Don’t you know various ways to delete duplicate
RAR files yet? Here you’ll learn how to find and
delete duplicate files from your PC:
 Manual way of finding and deleting duplicate RAR
files can take a significant period of time. This
requires opening each RAR file, verifying and
comparing its contents with other files stored on
your hard disk.
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 Clone Files Checker is an advanced duplicate RAR
files cleaning utility. Effortlessly overcome the
drawback of manual scanning with its quick scan
with variety of customization options and filter
options.

5. Clone Files Checker Features
 Folders/ Partitions List: Add as much as folders and drives you want to be
scanned in this list box.
 Exclude Folders/ Partitions List: Here, you add individual folders or
partitions to exclude from the scan process.
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 Filter Options: Prior to detecting
duplicate RAR files, customize filter
options to exclude files larger or
smaller than a specific size. You may
specify the size in terms of Bytes,
KB, MB or GB depending on what
sized files you want to exclude.
 Quick-Fix: Specify an action to be
taken against all duplicate files
found. It’s recommended for non-
tech savvy people.

6. Clone Files Checker Features
 Review & Fix: Choose duplicate RAR file individually and take action
accordingly.
 Delete Duplicates Permanently: Delete the duplicate RAR files permanently
to recover large are of your hard disk.
 Move Duplicates to Recycle Bin: Send duplicate files to Recycle Bin so that
you can restore them later, if required to do so.
 Move Duplicates to New Folder: More often, in order to avoid deleting
important files, just move your duplicate RAR files to new folder so that you
can review them at a later time.
 Delete with Backups: The Backup & Restore feature allows recovering files
anytime.
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