I've checked it (semi-systematically) with 2 different PCs but unfortunately with same drives, same effect.
Could be the drives in this case.
What else could be is the the operating system or which tool else ever is accessing or checking files for which reasons ever.
Just wanted to know, if someone ...
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- 13 Jan 2026, 19:58
- Forum: Help
- Topic: File content compare fails sporadically (marks files as different) if many files scanned
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- 12 Jan 2026, 19:04
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- Topic: File content compare fails sporadically (marks files as different) if many files scanned
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Re: File content compare fails sporadically (marks files as different) if many files scanned
I'm was running "Compare" "File content" from time to time with the intention to see if the files are really the same and unfortunately observed this issue.
Because it takes hours to verify, I've mostly just merged / overwritten the files.
I've tried it on 2 SSDs recently because these are faster ...
Because it takes hours to verify, I've mostly just merged / overwritten the files.
I've tried it on 2 SSDs recently because these are faster ...
- 06 Jan 2026, 15:47
- Forum: Help
- Topic: File content compare fails sporadically (marks files as different) if many files scanned
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File content compare fails sporadically (marks files as different) if many files scanned
Hello,
just want to know if somebody else is aware of such an effect.
Observed both on Windows 10 and 11, and on different drives respectively PCs.
Also for a quite long time meanwhile (years), meaning several FreeFileSync versions.
Using FreeFileSync on folders with >60,000 files (mostly ...
just want to know if somebody else is aware of such an effect.
Observed both on Windows 10 and 11, and on different drives respectively PCs.
Also for a quite long time meanwhile (years), meaning several FreeFileSync versions.
Using FreeFileSync on folders with >60,000 files (mostly ...