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Just Passing · 28th Jun 2011, 12:09 PM

Lately I've discovered I have fun tidying up various things, such as my room and in this instance, my computer and anything to do it.

Part of the reason is because since using Windows 7, I love its interface and have now hoped to input this standard onto my nearly five year old XP and 500GB hard drive. Part of this is tidying up these and customising them more to my liking, which I never really did in the past and just accepted whatever settings Windows saw fit to give me.

Now I'm hoping to organise things a lot more than I used to (though it was semi-organised in the past). For example, I'm intending to present my music folders through the band and their albums in order of release date, instead of alphabetical like most folders and have the album art as the thumbnail, with compilation albums and non-canon albums as sub folders.

Anyone else go through a phase like this, or am I just adding more oddities to my personality?

thecat06 · 28th Jun 2011, 02:05 PM

I'm doing the same thing right now, I am getting a new computer soon, so I figured that I needed to get organized so the file transfer would be easier.

**Owen** · 28th Jun 2011, 02:39 PM

I love organization, especially when it involves categorization. I love the look of any organized set of... well, anything really, when compared to how it looked before I organized it. I once went through my list of bookmarks in Firefox and organized them into folders based on their purpose. Words cannot do justice to the satisfaction I felt afterward.

Just Passing · 28th Jun 2011, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thecat06

I'm doing the same thing right now, I am getting a new computer soon, so I figured that I needed to get organized so the file transfer would be easier.

I've also found that the case when I had Windows 7. It's much easier to organise a new computer from the moment you get it then either organising it weeks within getting it or longer.

Hope you enjoy the process.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamer am I

I love organization, especially when it involves categorization. I love the look of any organized set of... well, anything really, when compared to how it looked before I organized it. I once went through my list of bookmarks in Firefox and organized them into folders based on their purpose. Words cannot do justice to the satisfaction I felt afterward.

Dude I completely agree. The satisfaction in particular is something I feel when I've managed to tidy up something. I spent about two hours on cleaning up my e-mails from 2008 to now and it felt so good afterwards.

thylvin · 15th Jul 2011, 09:52 AM

Oh an organized computer is a happy computer!!!!!!!

I love to organise my PC, currently busy organising my pictures folders. The music, movies, TV series and Software folders are all organized for easy retrieval... like my software are organised in catagories like the following:
Drivers, DTP, System, OS, Office etc, and under each of these is again folder seperating the different kinds under each heading. My pictures and music folders are done the same way. My moves are catogorized according to genre.
My music folders are in main catagories like rock, Rave, dance, easy listning, R&B/Rap etc and then comes the bands and then comes the individual albums each with its own album photos.

When ever i get new data i imidiatly sort it out when i copy it over. My motto is to always be prepared, cause you never know when you might experience a crash and then all data is lost LOL

28th Jun 2011, 12:09 PM	#1
Just Passing EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Almost there Location: West Midlands Age: 20 Posts: 513 Join Date: May 2011	Clean-up time Lately I've discovered I have fun tidying up various things, such as my room and in this instance, my computer and anything to do it. Part of the reason is because since using Windows 7, I love its interface and have now hoped to input this standard onto my nearly five year old XP and 500GB hard drive. Part of this is tidying up these and customising them more to my liking, which I never really did in the past and just accepted whatever settings Windows saw fit to give me. Now I'm hoping to organise things a lot more than I used to (though it was semi-organised in the past). For example, I'm intending to present my music folders through the band and their albums in order of release date, instead of alphabetical like most folders and have the album art as the thumbnail, with compilation albums and non-canon albums as sub folders. Anyone else go through a phase like this, or am I just adding more oddities to my personality? __________________ Meh.

28th Jun 2011, 02:05 PM	#2
thecat06 EC's Biggest LNJF and SNL fan!! Full Member Gender: Let's say Pangender! Orientation: Let's say gay!! Out Status: Out to parents, campus, and 75 friends on facebook Location: Central and Northern Ohio Age: 19 Posts: 2,504 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Clean-up time I'm doing the same thing right now, I am getting a new computer soon, so I figured that I needed to get organized so the file transfer would be easier. __________________ So many years have passed, since I proclaimed my independence, my mission, my aim, and my vision, so secure, content to live each day like it's my last, it's wonderful to know, that I could be, something more than what I dreamed, far beyond what I could see -Dream Theater

28th Jun 2011, 02:39 PM	#3
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,873 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: Clean-up time I love organization, especially when it involves categorization. I love the look of any organized set of... well, anything really, when compared to how it looked before I organized it. I once went through my list of bookmarks in Firefox and organized them into folders based on their purpose. Words cannot do justice to the satisfaction I felt afterward. __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

15th Jul 2011, 09:52 AM	#5
thylvin Green thumb Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Windhoek Age: 32 Posts: 861 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Clean-up time Oh an organized computer is a happy computer!!!!!!! I love to organise my PC, currently busy organising my pictures folders. The music, movies, TV series and Software folders are all organized for easy retrieval... like my software are organised in catagories like the following: Drivers, DTP, System, OS, Office etc, and under each of these is again folder seperating the different kinds under each heading. My pictures and music folders are done the same way. My moves are catogorized according to genre. My music folders are in main catagories like rock, Rave, dance, easy listning, R&B/Rap etc and then comes the bands and then comes the individual albums each with its own album photos. When ever i get new data i imidiatly sort it out when i copy it over. My motto is to always be prepared, cause you never know when you might experience a crash and then all data is lost LOL

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