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TechDudeGeorge · **Post subject:** File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:57 pm

Anyone care to offer some tips or such on layout of files. Currently I just have my files chucked on the Desktop and in random folders. I like them to neat but have no idea how to organize it all.

Andrew Tapferke · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:01 pm

Total Commander?

TechDudeGeorge · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:03 pm

Andrew Tapferke wrote:

Total Commander?

Is that not just a program?

What I mean is suggestions/ideas on how to place my files in folders.

Like

Media > Movies A-C
> mOVIES D-F

Betas > Windows 1 -3
> 95 - 98

something like that but cleaner as I hate being disorganized but can't think of a good file structure/layout.

Windows 8 Beta Fan · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:09 pm

thone youve got as an example above ^ is what you should do works for me

ken27238 · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:13 pm

What I do

Movies -> in My Movies
Pictures -> in My Pictures

as for my Documents:

ISO's, ROM's and other things that don't fit in other folders I create one in My Documents and put it there.

Andrew Tapferke · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:13 pm

Oh ok.
I sort them by kernel numbers. Or by codename for the ones older than XP.

Windows 8 Beta Fan · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:24 pm

Andrew Tapferke wrote:

Oh ok.
I sort them by kernel numbers. Or by codename for the ones older than XP.

yeah i do that except my download folder looks like this: Downloads/Software Downloads/Microsoft/Windows (Beta)/Windows Longhorn/4011/Iso,Unlockers

TechDudeGeorge · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:25 pm

ken27238 wrote:

What I do

Movies -> in My Movies
Pictures -> in My Pictures

as for my Documents:

ISO's, ROM's and other things that don't fit in other folders I create one in My Documents and put it there.

I'd do this, it's just I have a external hard drive and I have to try and seperate them as I don't have the same movies on my laptop HDD due to space.

max1zzz · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:42 pm

well i sort my files like this

OS Type (Win mac etc) -> OS -> Beta -> release name [if available] (Code name) -> arch (only really on Linux) -> files
. .............................................-> release -> release name -> arch (only really on Linux) -> files
...................................-> APPS
...............................................-> Beta -> release name [if available] (Code name) -> arch (only really on Linux) -> files
...............................................-> release -> release name -> arch (only really on Linux) -> files
...................................-> Drivers
...............................................-> For what? -> OS requirement (if needed) -> files

that's just an example of how my computer stuff is sorted, but everything is done in a smiler way

os2fan2 · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:47 am

I did this about 20 years ago, still works wonders.

Everything has two ways of accessing it (eg type, maker), so one should work.

For software, the idea is to try keep files in some sort of release order and os, so i have, eg

Code:

redist          <---- stuff i split off
  htext         <---- hypertext (adobe acrobat etc)
  internet      <---- latest browsers, plugins
  mmedia        <---- proggies
  mozilla       <---- thunderbird etc
  msft          <---- dotnet, directx, dlls, msi, vpc, fixes by build
  msoffice      <---- office junk by year
  security      <---- fix utilities like combfix, mbr
  treibe        <---- latest download for current machine.
resources       (documents mainly)
  000           <---- unsorted
  bitmap        <---- any stand-alone picture,
  books         <---- pdf etc
  computer      <---- computers etc
  maps          <---- maps by area
  maths         <---- maths related stuff
  pdf           <---- pdf files
  web           <---- ungrouped web pages saved
  wm            <---- weights and measures
tdisk           <---- home grown archivals
  k7718         <---- a listed project (win30 + office overwrites)
  bills         <---- saved invoices
  ...
vendor          <---- software
  000           <---- unsorted stuff
  archiver      <---- inc disk archivers
  bitmap        <---- editors, not pictures
  boot          <---- boot sectors, managers etc
  dos           <----
  editor        <---- editors (text, hex, stream)
  fileman       <---- file managers
  games
  htext         <---- hypertext engines and viewers (help systems etc)
  ibm           <---- IBM stuff,
  internet      <---- browsers ftp clients, etc
  mmedia        <---- multimedia players
  msft          <---- microsoft stuff
  office        <---- word processors, spread sheets
  opsys         <---- operating systems and hackers
  os2           <---- os2 miscellany
  program       <---- programmer's stuff
  resource      <---- fonts & font-editors,
  script        <---- command processors
  security      <---- inc virus scanners
  treibe        <---- drivers
  win16
  win32

Under a number of directories i have something like

  000          <---  unsorted stuff.
  shell        <---  replacement by function (eg 'shellext', 'edlin')
  utilXX       <---  files by name (eg util32\seiber   (from uwe seiber's pages))
  dll          <---  dll files, runtimes, etc.

For operating systems, there is a primary list (OS name)

DOS \ maker \ 3digit review code or DOS \ dosver \ letter+digits review code
Win3x included under DOS
Wfw 3x as Win 3.30, 3.31
OS2 by version number as 3 digit. or ECS package
Win95 by 'osr code' or build number 0950/1212/1998/2222/3000
WinNT by version code or build number
Win64 (52 60, 61), by build number
Vista (60, 61, 62) by build number.
Linux largely grouped here.

Non-obvious review codes

D601 DR-DOS 6 with business win3 patch
M501 MS-DOS 5 initial release (500 is the final)
M550 Windows NT dos
M630 homegrown
O310 OS/2 warp connect 3.0
O340 OS/2 warp connect for PPC
P5xx DOS From OS/2 x.x
P632 DOS from OS/2 econnect
P633 home-spun 6.30
W302 WinOS/2 3.0 (OS/2 2.0)
W312 WinOS/2 3,1 (OS/2 2.1+)
W313 'Windoze' builds
W333 Allocated for 'Windoze for Warehouses' project
1000 ms-dos 7.0 (allocation)
1999 Wenegier ChinaDOS
2400 home-grown Dos98se
3050 russian dos 8.0

QuiescentWonder · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:03 pm

I just try not to keep things I don't use... I'm certainly not perfectly organized but I've at least something.
.

Code:

Video
  TV
  Movies
Music
  Artist
    Album
  Random MP3s
Software
  Games
  Windows ISOs
  Old Crap
Camera Pictures
Random Pictures
TONS OF UNORGANIZED [censored]
  TONS OF UNORGANIZED [censored]

TechDudeGeorge · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:06 pm

The above is actually really useful. Thanks

russjr08 · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:40 pm

For my iOS folder I have it like this

Code:

iOS
    4.2.1
       IPSWs
       Jailbreaks

     4.3-4.3.5
       IPSWs
       Jailbreaks
     5.0
        5.0b1
           IPSWs/iTunes Setups
           Jailbreaks

and so on.

For Linux ISOs

My Downloads
     Linux
        Linux Distro Name
          LinuxDistroName.iso (Whatever it downloads itself as)

Edit: ~~It didn't keep the hierarchy layout in the post?~~

QuiescentWonder · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:42 pm

Put it in

Code:

[code][/code]

tags and it will.

russjr08 · **Post subject:** Re: File Organization **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:06 pm

QuiescentWonder wrote:

Put it in

Code:

[code][/code]

tags and it will.

Thanks!

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