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From: rodney on 4 Apr 2010 20:40 Links etc? I have taken possession of a new XP machine and things seem a little different from my last XP that crashed and burned. I am trying to organise my file hierarchy with something like 500,000 images in say 1000 folders. I have them in My Documents, but oft times windows explorer ends up in a mirror folder tree under C:\ drive It feels awkward and troubling, any ideas how to set up a stable file tree in xp please? Should I move these files to the root drive C:\ only? Thanks very much in advance.
From: Shenan Stanley on 4 Apr 2010 21:06 rodney wrote: > Links etc? > > I have taken possession of a new XP machine > and things seem a little different from my last XP > that crashed and burned. > > I am trying to organise my file hierarchy with something like > 500,000 images in say 1000 folders. > > I have them in My Documents, but oft times windows explorer > ends up in a mirror folder tree under C:\ drive > It feels awkward and troubling, > any ideas how to set up a stable file tree in xp please? > Should I move these files to the root drive C:\ only? > Thanks very much in advance. First - if by 'taken possession' - you mean this is a used machine - format it and install everything clean. Leave no doubt it is truly your machine. Your "My Documents" true path can be found by this command in Windows XP: Start button --> RUN --> type in: cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% --> Click OK. Whatever that echos back, add "\My Documents" to the end and that is the actual path of your my documents. Or you could do this: Start button --> RUN --> type in: explorer "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" --> Click OK. (Quotation marks and all.) The "Desktop" folder is similar. "Start Menu" also. Your Internet Explorer "Favorites" as well. What you need to be concerned with - really - is the complete path/filename length. You would be better served (for multiple reasons, including backups) to get another hard drive (internal) and store the files in the root of that drive (starting your hierarchy there.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: rodney on 4 Apr 2010 21:32 Thank you very much Mr. Stanley, It is a brand new machine, built to a price parameter ($1000) and I wanted to stay with the XP. OS. Rats! I had not considered a dual internal drive, I'll ring the tech and get a price to fit a small, say 160Gb drive. I assume you would suggest making backups from the 2nd int drive to the OS drive. I usually make "copy" backups once a month, I am happy with that risk, and only add about 4000 images per month. The total image file count is around 35Gb. Cheers "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:OV0XVxF1KHA.4444(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > rodney wrote: >> Links etc? >> >> I have taken possession of a new XP machine >> and things seem a little different from my last XP >> that crashed and burned. >> >> I am trying to organise my file hierarchy with something like >> 500,000 images in say 1000 folders. >> >> I have them in My Documents, but oft times windows explorer >> ends up in a mirror folder tree under C:\ drive >> It feels awkward and troubling, >> any ideas how to set up a stable file tree in xp please? >> Should I move these files to the root drive C:\ only? >> Thanks very much in advance. > > First - if by 'taken possession' - you mean this is a used machine - > format it and install everything clean. Leave no doubt it is truly your > machine. > > Your "My Documents" true path can be found by this command in Windows XP: > > Start button --> RUN --> type in: > cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% > --> Click OK. > > Whatever that echos back, add "\My Documents" to the end and that is the > actual path of your my documents. Or you could do this: > > Start button --> RUN --> type in: > explorer "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" > --> Click OK. > (Quotation marks and all.) > > The "Desktop" folder is similar. "Start Menu" also. Your Internet > Explorer "Favorites" as well. > > What you need to be concerned with - really - is the complete > path/filename length. You would be better served (for multiple reasons, > including backups) to get another hard drive (internal) and store the > files in the root of that drive (starting your hierarchy there.) > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
From: rodney on 4 Apr 2010 22:03 It lies at C:\Documents and Settings\Auguste\My Documents. "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:OV0XVxF1KHA.4444(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > rodney wrote: >> Links etc? >> >> I have taken possession of a new XP machine >> and things seem a little different from my last XP >> that crashed and burned. >> >> I am trying to organise my file hierarchy with something like >> 500,000 images in say 1000 folders. >> >> I have them in My Documents, but oft times windows explorer >> ends up in a mirror folder tree under C:\ drive >> It feels awkward and troubling, >> any ideas how to set up a stable file tree in xp please? >> Should I move these files to the root drive C:\ only? >> Thanks very much in advance. > > First - if by 'taken possession' - you mean this is a used machine - > format it and install everything clean. Leave no doubt it is truly your > machine. > > Your "My Documents" true path can be found by this command in Windows XP: > > Start button --> RUN --> type in: > cmd /k echo %USERPROFILE% > --> Click OK. > > Whatever that echos back, add "\My Documents" to the end and that is the > actual path of your my documents. Or you could do this: > > Start button --> RUN --> type in: > explorer "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" > --> Click OK. > (Quotation marks and all.) > > The "Desktop" folder is similar. "Start Menu" also. Your Internet > Explorer "Favorites" as well. > > What you need to be concerned with - really - is the complete > path/filename length. You would be better served (for multiple reasons, > including backups) to get another hard drive (internal) and store the > files in the root of that drive (starting your hierarchy there.) > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
From: Shenan Stanley on 4 Apr 2010 22:36
rodney wrote: <snip> > I assume you would suggest making backups from the 2nd int drive to > the OS drive. <snip> No. Internal backups are all but worthless for most scenarios where you would need the backups in my experience. Backups should be external and available to other computers without taking anything apart. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |