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Hashing big files
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Apr-06-2018, 05:01 PM
It depends on what you're trying to do with the hashes, but one thing I've done to save time with hashing when looking for duplicate files is to only bother hashing files that have the same file size (this works great with media like audio, video and pictures).
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Hashing big files - by wavic - Mar-25-2018, 12:24 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by Larz60+ - Mar-25-2018, 12:58 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by wavic - Mar-25-2018, 01:27 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by Gribouillis - Mar-25-2018, 02:22 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by wavic - Mar-25-2018, 10:53 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by micseydel - Apr-06-2018, 05:01 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by wavic - Apr-06-2018, 05:48 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by micseydel - Apr-06-2018, 06:51 PM
RE: Hashing big files - by wavic - Apr-06-2018, 07:26 PM

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