Copy Photo Cd's To Ssd

[woodchopper]

All my photo's that were taken years ago were saved onto

34 xCD's and 10xDVD's.

Am now looking to convert them onto an external hard drive with a few other backup's for good measure.

I reckon there will be a few duplicates and they will need sorted out and filed correctly (#nightmare).

Are there programs/apps that can do this and sort out duplicates and such like - preferably free of charge??

Have reckoned they will take up about 70 GB of space if I have calculated correctly.

[Buenchico]

PC World magazine (which I regard as a trustworthy source) suggests using AllDup:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/613426/delete-duplicate-photos-with-this-free-pc-software.html

https://www.alldup.de/en_download_alldup.php

[PsalmEquipt]

A photo management software capable of importing, sorting, managing, and exporting photos to an external SSD is Digikam. www.digikam.org It performs tasks of paid programs but is free, and demo videos make its functions easy to learn.
For less tech-savvy users, there is Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder. www.duplicate-finder.com It finds duplicate and similar photos and is free, working only on Windows.
A professional photo cataloging app, Mylio, is highly automated and has a one-month free trial. youtu.be/bhCOms62Ftk?si=9oXBHWsWqM-c2w9V
Its interface is highly intuitive, making it practical for most PC users.