Help! I Need a way to organize my Harddrive

Thanks for the information I will give Copernic a try.

Well, go thru it all, find what you want to keep on your hard drive and then the other stuff burn it to a disc and delete the garage files. Then after you go threw everything on your hard drive, burned the stuff you want to keep. The run defrag. That should clean things up and make your computer run smoother.

Mark

Being organised is not just about moving files around - it also about computer performance.
I like to squeeze every bit of juice of of the cpu.

Try NOT to store stuff on your desk top.
And keep shortcuts a minimum - it sucks the power
And get rid of any wallpaper - use the most basic themes.

Your computer needs to be secure - not just against viruses but data loss.

Imagine losting all our emails and product you brought in event of HD failure.

Solutions: Have 2 hard drives.

One for your OS (c:\ drive)
One for data (d:\ drive)

*Get back up program like Acronis... make an image to d:\
If c: drive fails - simply replace and restore from image.
(Note Acronis can create image to fit across DVDs -4.3GB)

*Back up data to external hard drive (see amazon they are cheap as chips 1TB drive - connect via USB or network)
Use GoodSync (some people who make Roboform) to backup data - can be scheduled.

Next - Move location for "MyDocuments" to d:\MyDocs (create this folder yourself)
Create a d:\MyDesktop folder and put a shortcut to it on your Desktop.


Even if you have HP or Dell - you can add a second hard drive... this machine is your BUSINESS. They have space in the cage for another HD.

I have used desktop search programs including Google's - they suck the life out of your computer!

Now to organise your files.
Here's how I do it:
(All data stuff is on the d:\ drive)

In d:\MyDocs Create folder called "WebStuff" (so it appears at the top of the list add "0" in front e.g 0WebStuff)
within that create folders for each area of web marketing:
not in any particular order...
adwords
adsense
articles
ebooks
SEO
Copywrting
Wordpress
websites
HTML
software
Free stuff
Video
Guru Courses
Email marketing
etc
then keep adding folders
eg.
Wordpress/themes
Wordpress/themes/Free
Wordpress/themes/paid-premium
Wordpress/themes/silo themes
Wordpress/themes/niche
etc...
You can out a link to "WebStuff" on your Quicklaunch if you are using windows (Not sure if you can on Window7... still on XP... never trusted Vista)

Note: Never delete anything... just put on a folder called "OLD"
you never know if you need it.
Hope that helps!