>Save every file and program straight to desktop for years >If I move any programs off of the desktop it breaks them because of the filepaths >Don't want to delete my cache or temp files because I feel like they might be useful or something might happen if I delete them >scattered junk files all over and no way to organize them >thousands of disorganized bookmarks of youtube videos and weird pages I never even visit but found mildly interesting >Keep buying multiple hard drives so I can keep back ups from months ago which i never use, but cant bring myself to overwrite them because I feel like there might be important data I'm forgetting about on them
>Save every file and program straight to desktop for years You're an idiot and you got yourself into this mess, not even considering the rest of your post. Start over. Do a fresh install and the pain of each time you discover something you lost will encourage better practices.
Carter Campbell
b..but my files
Matthew Lee
NAS and keep it organized
Julian Brooks
Nuke all of your drives.
Gabriel Anderson
Organize yourself. I started this shit with my bookmarks too. Then I realized "Wait, I haven't opened that website within > 2 years". I deleted the unused bookmarks afterwards.
It's not that hard. Just consumes a lot of time if you're an unorganized human being.
>devise organizational system >whenever you access a file for any reason, move it to its proper spot in the new system >when you're bored poke through not-yet-organized stuff I knocked a few terabytes of JAV into shape with this technique
Justin Turner
>go through files >delete the unneeded ones >put the rest in their own directories (that aren't on the desktop) >start using something like rsync that synchronizes your files instead of ctrl+c ctrl+v >sort bookmarks into directories, delete the unneeded ones >remove youtube bookmarks and put them in a youtube playlist instead
