Well I read all other posts and I believe this to be a far better md5sum chacker for Windows users - and it gives a simple GUI. This is very basic and very suitable for those Win users who do not want all the frills that other md5sum checkers may offer _ OR _ be forced to use the command line from within Windows.
PLEASE NOTE:-
This is TOTALLY free and if you look at the bottem you will see that they offer the SOURCE as well as a Binary - So I guess that makes it "open source" ?
Go here:-
http://winmd5sum.solidblue.biz
NB:
(1)
When you check say a 700 Mb file it "will" take a little while for it to generate the alpha-numeric number. After all it is quite a big file, so what would you expect, the short time it takes to generate the alpha-numeric number also happens when doing it in Linux from the command line. So do not think that Winmd5sum has looked up your computer, just wait for it to happen.
(2)
If you open with Wordpad the small XXXXXXX.md5 txt type file that has the alpha-numeric number in it, you can then copy and paste that number into the "lower section" of the Winmd5sum and then just click "Compare". It will tell you if the number you first generated from your (say) 700 Mb file is exactly the same as in the XXXXXXX.md5 txt type file (easy)
This is so simple to use, I would recommend it over and above all other Windows md5sum checkers, for those that just want an easy and simple thing to use. Forget all the others, this is Free, very small to d/l, self-installing, does the job real well.
DISCUSSION: Checking the md5sum in Windows
