software storage ?

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 10:57 pm

how do you keep all those disk you burned .
and all those driver disk you get with hardware
and what do you use to keep them in different category's .
so lets say you need a game or program so you can find them in short order ?
also do you keep your operating systems disk in a diffrent location then your games and burned software ?
and same goes for movies /music cds to !

i know for me i have like 4 cases of asst programs and then theres a shoe box full of offic programs and driver disks , and then i have a beer case full of dvi movies and asst what not disks . {most all in paper sleeves and plastic cd cartons }

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 12:56 am

At home I used to keep everything, but since getting cable I mainly only keep office and photo apps, OSs, pics, and games.

At my shop I have a 3 x 3 cork board on the wall, that I hang misc apps and utility CDs on thumb tacks. Makes for quick accessibility.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 2:08 am

The only solution I found is to catalog all the disk with a software called Where Is It. When I need to find anything, I simply search the database and a few seconds later, it tells me what disk I have it on.

As for physical location, that can be a problem.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:38 am

I put everything in 3 ring binders with CD sleeve pages.

I inventory everything in an MS Access app I wrote a long time ago. Every disc has a number on it and they're filed in the 3 ring binders in numerical order.

Takes me 30 seconds to look up a program, and find it.

I use "Where Is It?" for inventorying MP3s and images.

Yeah, I'm anal....

TheSovereign · Post by **TheSovereign** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 10:19 am

dont keep then on cds i keepem on drives as disk images
on offline drives(drives that i turn off)
its by far the best means of backup