Tips for professionals: how to properly store data on your computer
Tips for professionals: how to properly store data on your computer
Chaos on the hard disk is one of the main problemsmodern users. Unfortunately, only professional IT specialists have knowledge of how to properly store data on a computer. But everything is quite simple.
Instructions
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On any computer should be present asat least two logical disks ("C" and "D"). At first the operating system ("C: Windows") should be installed, and on the second one the personal data of the user should be located. Everything is simple. If all important data is stored on drive "D", if the operating system fails (for example, after virus activity), the "C" drive can be deleted, reinstalled and a new operating system installed. And you do not even need to touch the "D" disk with all the data, all the data remains in place. If you only have one "C" drive, if you infect your computer, you will have to connect the drive to another computer, clean it from viruses, save all the necessary data to a removable disk and only then can I install a new operating system. Separately, I note that 1 hard disk can be divided into any number of logical ones, so you do not need to buy anything else - the disks are completely free of charge and take only 10-15 seconds.
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The data stored on the second disk must haveclear logical structure. Simply put, you need to divide all data into categories (folders). For example, the standard data structure will look like "Programs", "Downloads", "Work", "Learning", "Personal". Each folder can be divided into several folders. For example, "Personal" can be divided into "Music", "Photo", "Video", etc. The folder "Photos" can be divided by year (2009, 2010, 2011, etc.). And in the folder "2009" you can create a separate folder for each event, for example "Summer Holiday" or "Corporate in the new department". As you can see, a deep but clear and simple data structure is obtained.
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Of course, it would be unreasonable to pass each timethrough the entire hierarchy of folders to files with which you need to work often. There are labels for this. Add desktop shortcuts to the most important folders and you will have quick access to all the important files from your desktop. And the files themselves will be stored not on the desktop, but on the disk "D", as it should be. It is desirable not to store any data on the desktop of the computer, since the desktop is also a folder located on the drive "C" ("C : Users AccountDesktop "for Windows 7 or" C: Documents and settingsUsersDeclarationDesktop "for Windows XP).
