Getting rid of duplicate files

If you select a big chunk of your photo files , select cut and then paste them in a different folder , when the process identifies a duplicate it will ask you what you want to do.

At that stage select the option to compare files , then you can choose which to keep .

It's free , needs no additional software and quite simple.

another option is to push images to the cloud.

There are many 'free' ones but only allow you to delete so many and I find them complicated. You can put hundreds of photos on usb stick which are cheap on ebay!!

Have you de fragged it recently? That tends to show how much space there is? Would it help storing photos etc on an external disk,though I don't know if that frees up space as I a man ignoramus in all things techie.

welcome not welsome.