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I created a 'design' for top-level folders and a few levels beneath. A few folder names, jist to give an idea: Work, Home, Photos, Music, Singing, Purchases, Projects, Literature, Ideas, Emails, Expenses, etc. I typically update this folder hierarchy say once every 3-7 years. I change settings in all programs like browsers to ask me each time where to save. I tend to give long descriptive names to files. I include dates in file/folder names (yyyy-mm-dd - caption) when chronology is expected (like for photo albums). I typically have an explorer window always open with the currently relevant folders. And use keyboard shortcuts to copy- paste file and folders names when saving/downloading/openimg something. I use Everything to search when needed. Typically I can reach anytbing just by navigating the folders. I use big enough drives on all my computers so and sync files between them, typically using FreeFileSync (that handles deletions well). Phone data is also kept as a subfolder within the above, though the primary copy is on the main PC, except for some data. I use SyncThing and PhomeExplorer to sync files between the phome and this subfolder. For backups, firstly, the data is already on multiple local machines, uncompressed. I also take full backups using simple file copies (i.e. no compression, so that in case of a failure, the backup is a drop-in replacement. I do not trust 'restore' of a backup program. For making file copies, I use Syncback Freeware. |