Thank you, problem solved.
I am not at this computer (my second computer) very often. So my reply to a post will most certainly be severely delayed, my aplogogies.
I was uploading a few (lol) photographs from a friends Apple iPhone 4.
Oddly enough the iPhone downloads meshed with my PC and have managed to quadruplicate themselves from 2k photographs to 8k photographs and climbing.

(well I mean I know the phone did not do it, it's not even an s and it's not
that smart, or is it?
Moreover; I know it is obviously something I have inadvertently accomplished on my own

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My computer is spitting nails from memory overload, and I would prefer not to lose my photos

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I searched online for a solution
before my computer crashed
. Duplicate Cleaner pro was an obvious choice

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And that my friends is as Paul Harvey would say,
"The rest of the story"
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The tool of wisdom is a useful tool when used by the creator of said tool, savvy? I am grateful for your wisdom Digital Volcano.

. Ah heck, where's the spell checker?