How do you arange your computer to keep it clean?

JamieLee2k · Post by **JamieLee2k** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 6:30 am

i.e Text folders - All TXT, wordpad
Pictures - All jpg, Jpeg, png
Movies - All AVI, mov, asf
Music - all mp3, wma
etc......

Also in your program files
Burning software - Nero, NTI Cd maker, EZ CD creator
Music Players - Winamp, WMPlayer, real player
system utils - system works, fit it utils, System machanic
etc.....

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 12:27 pm

You mean just for basic storage of the files themselves?

All my misc. downloads go into a dowloads folder with the name of the month. Then I can just scroll through the months.

All music one place, all images another places, all music into artist name.

How can you arrange all your programs like that? I have all my programs installed under Program Files, so that's where they are.

Gaming-Module · Post by **Gaming-Module** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 12:28 pm

I have a folder called $h1t and a folder called stuff, into which I randomly toss doc's, pics, movies, etc.

If you saw my real life desktop this would be very unsurprising.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 12:47 pm

I'm super anal when it comes to organizing my files/folders!! Everything is neat and in the correct category

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 12:51 pm

after 3 or 4 dozen formats... I found out that organizing is important if you wanna find your files for backup or just in general use..

therefore.. I'm organize!

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 2:19 pm

i just got done reorganizing my stuff last night.

I have My Documents folder, with all the below folders in it.

Programs folder - all my DL'ed programs

My Music folder - all my mp3's, wavs', .rm, and .wpm files.

BackupRegistries - all my registy files I backup, so if i mess something up, I can revert back to an origional file

Mods - any mods/patches for games

Movies - movie files, flash animations, etc

My Pictures - pictures of stuff, mostly things I find on the internet, and want to save as a desktop, or something

My Webs - stuff for web designing

Serial #'s - I have a master document with all the programs I have and the serial #'s for them

Then, I have C: D: and E:

C is for the install of WinXP

D: is for APPS. everything is listed in its' own program folder.

E: is for GAMES. Each game is in it's own game folder.

minir · Post by **minir** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 2:24 pm

Hi JLR

I partioned mine 20GB HD

C = Windows

D = Utilities

E = Programs

F = Downloads

G = Jpegs,Mpegs, etc

H = Backups

I = Cd Drive

Use Folders With names i relate to

Tweaks
Family Stuff
Drivers
Jokes
Pics
Search

That kinda thing, if C crashes (touch wood) is doesn't wipe out everything

Norm taught me to take Sys. Dat. & User Dat. from C

Window and copy it to H for a backup.

I usually do it a few days after changing something, and know it's working ok

I copy it to a file called Regback in H.

My Buddy made a Batch file for me that allows me to go Scanreg/restore type my name in and it replaces the C with the H and i'm back in business in a min.

Works great.

hope this is of some help, by the way i use PowerDesk Pro which is a Freebie and just Great for doing this kind of stuff.

regards

minir

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 2:31 pm

Originally posted by Humboldt
All my misc. downloads go into a dowloads folder with the name of the month. Then I can just scroll through the months.

woaw
I just have one BIG Download folder with categories for Crackz, WinAMP Stuff, and so on whatever I get loads off I make an extra folder for.

mp3s are organized by
type of music, artist, album, then artist - song.mp3

all Images go into the images folder, installed progs go to the prog files folder, that's it.

forgot to mention I ren all downloaded files to something where I know what it is...
ex; ever download those files which are name like I2b1b432. ?
ICQ2000beta1 Build432
so I rename it to like
ICQ 2000b 1 build 432

NeuTRin0 · Post by **NeuTRin0** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 2:45 pm

Originally posted by Macho-Module
I have a folder called $h1t and a folder called stuff, into which I randomly toss doc's, pics, movies, etc.

If you saw my real life desktop this would be very unsurprising.

hahahaha well i always tell myself ill keep it all neat after this format, but ive had to name a foulder stuff and crap1 and crap2. it would take ages for me to sort out these 3 foulders.

funky · Post by **funky** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 7:49 pm

C Drive divided by 3 sections- Programs, Windows, and Personal stuff. D Drive is for Backup.

I am a very neat person, ain't I?

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Mon Oct 01, 2001 7:56 pm

On my 4 gig partition i have a folder called my files and a backup folder.

inside the "my files" folder i have various sub folders named
PICTURES - picture and some sub folders of family and uh.. "other" pictures

INSTALLERS AND PATCHES - basiclly all my small installer files like winamp, winzip, IRC, and game patches like half life and counter strike.
DRIVERS - catagorized into sub folders of win2k, win98 and winXP
MP3S - obviously mp3s and some are divided up by artist
VIDEOS - just some funny videos i downloaded back in the AOL days

I also use the "my documents" folder for school documents

edit: a lot of junk i just throw into the root "my files" directory