Comments on: How to organize your hard drive http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/ Enterprise Web User Experience Designer and Information Architect Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6858 Eric Sun, 23 May 2010 18:56:08 +0000 http://www.benshoemate.com/?p=45#comment-6858 I am seeking a better file management organization. I currently use a thematic style. I am an educator and so I have four base files: Education, Miscellaneous, Research and Resources, and Video (basically a temporary file). <br><br>My Education folder is further divided into grade level and textbook with individual lesson plans being placed in each. I also have a subfolder called "Education" with many different sub-subfolders for various educational topics. <br><br>My Miscellaneous folder is all my personal stuff - music, personal/family videos & pictures, etc, etc.<br><br>My Resource & Research folder is subdivided based on historical time periods and within each I place all the videos, music, lesson plan ideas, research papers, internet website resources, etc that deal with that particular time period. The trick is that I have one folder for U.S. history and its subfolders and so when I deal with say, World War 2, I have to decide where a particular video, paper, or article should be placed.<br><br>My Video folder is mainly a temp folder I use to download video from the internet. It stays there till I convert it into various formats and then put it into another folder.<br><br>Currently, my issue is with those various articles that don't really fit into any category. I don't want to keep creating folders for just one or two files, etc. Anyway, just wanted to say I appreciate your time in showing your set up and after I'm done I'll post mine in my blog as well. I am seeking a better file management organization. I currently use a thematic style. I am an educator and so I have four base files: Education, Miscellaneous, Research and Resources, and Video (basically a temporary file).

My Education folder is further divided into grade level and textbook with individual lesson plans being placed in each. I also have a subfolder called “Education” with many different sub-subfolders for various educational topics.

My Miscellaneous folder is all my personal stuff – music, personal/family videos & pictures, etc, etc.

My Resource & Research folder is subdivided based on historical time periods and within each I place all the videos, music, lesson plan ideas, research papers, internet website resources, etc that deal with that particular time period. The trick is that I have one folder for U.S. history and its subfolders and so when I deal with say, World War 2, I have to decide where a particular video, paper, or article should be placed.

My Video folder is mainly a temp folder I use to download video from the internet. It stays there till I convert it into various formats and then put it into another folder.

Currently, my issue is with those various articles that don't really fit into any category. I don't want to keep creating folders for just one or two files, etc. Anyway, just wanted to say I appreciate your time in showing your set up and after I'm done I'll post mine in my blog as well.

]]> By: Alessandra http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6819 Alessandra Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:56:22 +0000 http://www.benshoemate.com/?p=45#comment-6819 Ben,<br>I see this post is a couple of years old. I was wondering if you still stick to this method, or if you have made changes. Also, how do you handle backups? Ben,
I see this post is a couple of years old. I was wondering if you still stick to this method, or if you have made changes. Also, how do you handle backups?

]]> By: SATA http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6660 SATA Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:00:40 +0000 http://www.benshoemate.com/?p=45#comment-6660 Nice organization idea....!!! Nice organization idea….!!!

]]> By: SATA http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6562 SATA Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:00:40 +0000 http://www.benshoemate.com/?p=45#comment-6562 Nice organization idea....!!! Nice organization idea….!!!

]]> By: Dog Breeders http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-6460 Dog Breeders Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:23:12 +0000 http://www.benshoemate.com/?p=45#comment-6460 I am having the same problem to find files as my folders are not systematically organized. The plan to start each job with a set of empty folders that designs a rough pattern is useful. I will try it. Thanks for the tips. I like your ideas. Inform if you come up with any other ideas. I am having the same problem to find files as my folders are not systematically organized. The plan to start each job with a set of empty folders that designs a rough pattern is useful. I will try it. Thanks for the tips. I like your ideas. Inform if you come up with any other ideas.

]]> By: Tim http://www.benshoemate.com/2007/11/10/how-to-organize-your-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-5434 Tim Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:08:18 +0000 http://www.benshoemate.com/?p=45#comment-5434 I finally got around to organizing my HD (photoshop won't open files at the moment, and when it's running i have 7MB left, haha). I'm trying to map out the perfect folder structure before I uproot many GB of files -- thank you for the inspiration. I like many of your ideas. I finally got around to organizing my HD (photoshop won’t open files at the moment, and when it’s running i have 7MB left, haha). I’m trying to map out the perfect folder structure before I uproot many GB of files — thank you for the inspiration. I like many of your ideas.

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