Last summer, my computer crashed and I lost everything that I had saved on my hard drive, including my beloved iTunes account of over 12,000 songs. Since then, I have purchased an external hard drive in order to back up all of my documents (especially my music), to make sure I won't lose all of my information in case my computer were to crash again.
Last week, my computer froze and decided that it didn't want to open iTunes anymore...forcing me to unistall and reinstall the program for it to work again. Luckily, like I mentioned earlier, I have learned from my previous mistakes and have kept my music backed up on my external hard drive. However, while recently working with my external hard drive, I have noticed that my documents on my hard drive are not nearly as organized as I thought they would be.
I have several different folders where I have backed up my music, and different folders for my Microsoft Office and video files as well. I never knew it would be so hard to keep all of my files so organized...but it's been a real messing trying to find certain folders and files. I wish there was a way to keep track of all the different documents which were arranged in an unorganized manner.
As a Information Systems Management major, I have worked with different programs and technology that organize information in a clear and concise manner. If there was a way to organize the jumble of tens of thousands of files and folders into an easily accesible arrangment, I feel that it would make computers and hard drives a lot easier to work with and understand.
Imagine having all of your folders in 20 different locations on your hard drive, and if there was a way to consolidate different music, document, or movie folders into a single location where the user wouldn't have to worry about duplicating, merging, or accidently deleting certain files...it would make everyone's life a lot easier. The technology and know how of how to do such a thing is definitely out there...it's just a manner of time before someone makes it.
I back up all my music on my external as well (8,000+ songs and counting). I've organized all 656 albums manually from the beginning. Honestly, it would be nice to have a program to organize all my music, but it probably won't organize it the way I would manually. I found it worth the effort to do it myself, but I'm sure there are others who have a different opinion.
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