File Schemes

How drives should be named

Folder Structure

Contacts folder

  • Organizes files first by the people they're associated with
  • This is better than sorting by media type
    • Conctacts with multiple different media now have all their files grouped together
  • If more than one person is involved, create a collab folder with persons listed in alphebetical order

How to implement the system

  1. Select a contact to start with
  2. Confirm the filepath of this contacts main folder
  3. Create a list of all other locations you find their files in
  4. Create a table that tracks which files have been successfully moved to their new folders
    • Since copying takes a while, this allows the work to be split up over multiple days
    • Reduces the chances of confusion, and deleting / duplicating files

Processes

Build Folder

  • The process of collecting files all to a single folder

Dissolve Folder

  • Starting with a directory that is no longer needed
  • Creates a record of backing up the files
  • Then safely deletes the directory

Rearrange Folder

  • Creates a record of moves made within a directory

Scan Folder

  • Creates a record of checked directories
  • May be useful when marking directories for future deletion after backups are made