Digital BW, The Print

I use a rather simple method of managing my photo files.

To start with, I keep all my photo files in the My Photos folder in 
My Documents.  Then, I have an external harddrive that I copy the 
entire My Photos folder to on a weekly basis.  On a monthly basis, I 
copy the library of my raw files and finished files to DVD-R.  I 
make two copies, which I store in two locations, one is at home, and 
the other is in my desk at work.

I have used this "system" since I switched to digital and it works 
for me.  It is simple and I have four copies of my photos.

keithz


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "michael3442" 
<michael3442@...> wrote:
>
> Suggestions needed. I need to take a step up the ladder of 
managing my 
> digital files, having just found myself out of hard drive 
> space. Thinking that now would be a good time to lay down a 
foundation 
> for the next few years, I'll be migrating to a new C: drive 
> and would like to hear opinions on how to manage it. By this I 
mean 
> partitioning, and how many, where to put Photoshop (Elements), 
location 
> of scratch disks (yes, Elements has these), location of My Photos, 
> location of Windows' swap file, use of a 2nd physical drive, and 
> supplementary USB drives. And how do you keep all this under 
control? I 
> realize this may be a big subject, but your assistance will be 
much 
> appreciated and when it's all over will likely avoid a lot of 
screwing 
> around at a later date. Thanks.
> 
> -Michael K
>