Re: Hard Drive Clutter

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Posted by Julie Signore on November 28, 2001 at 09:18:59:

In Reply to: Hard Drive Clutter posted by PC Junk on October 03, 2001 at 07:39:15:

Aloha,

Hmmmmmm, 5 drives of *stuff*

What you really may need to look at is how often have you REALLY have referred back to any of these items.
Having tons of stuff is not equivalent to having *quality* items. Do yourself a favor & take some time 7 go thru these hard drives & seriously do some deleting!

Holding onto e/mails for 2 yrs may not be serving any real purpose for you, unless they have a sentimental value. I would highly suggest creating categories for the emails you do wish to keep...not by sender...by content. In this manner IF there is something you may want in the future at least you can get your hands on it quickly. With 5 HD's I would suspect that w/all the info you have it may take days to even locate something you know you have.

Next time you upgrade a HD ...promise yourself you will NOT install it until you have cleaned out the old one first. After you clean it up...I'd almost bet...you will find you don't even need the new drive.

<<< It's filled with games installations, just about every PC Utility Tool that comes on those CD ROms on magazines, free download software, etc etc...as well as scanned digital photos, work...

##Keep in mind that in the current age ...many things are outdated w/in 6 months... & FREE does not warrant holding onto an item...it's all about QUALITY info :)

Good luck & keep us posted on your progress!

Much Aloha,

Julie Signore -
President: The PHOENIX Organizational Consulting Service
CEO: 1,2,3 SORT IT Organizing Solutions -- Innovative Tools
NSA Member, NAPO Member

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: Aloha,

: Hmmmmmm, 5 drives of *stuff*

: What you really may need to look at is how often have you REALLY have referred back to any of these items.
: Having tons of stuff is not equivalent to having *quality* items. Do yourself a favor & take some time 7 go thru these hard drives & seriously do some deleting!

: Holding onto e/mails for 2 yrs may not be serving any real purpose for you, unless they have a sentimental value. I would highly suggest creating categories for the emails you do wish to keep...not by sender...by content. In this manner IF there is something you may want in the future at least you can get your hands on it quickly. With 5 HD's I would suspect that w/all the info you have it may take days to even locate something you know you have.

: Next time you upgrade a HD ...promise yourself you will NOT install it until you have cleaned out the old one first. After you clean it up...I'd almost bet...you will find you don't even need the new drive.

: <<< It's filled with games installations, just about every PC Utility Tool that comes on those CD ROms on magazines, free download software, etc etc...as well as scanned digital photos, work...

:
: ##Keep in mind that in the current age ...many things are outdated w/in 6 months... & FREE does not warrant holding onto an item...it's all about QUALITY info :)

: Good luck & keep us posted on your progress!

: Much Aloha,

: Julie Signore -
: President: The PHOENIX Organizational Consulting Service
: CEO: 1,2,3 SORT IT Organizing Solutions -- Innovative Tools
: NSA Member, NAPO Member

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