How do you organize your computer files?

[B-loved]

Are you the all or nothing type? The free spirit or anxious avoider? What about a hoarder or seld-sacrificer? Or could probably be the adrenaline junkie huh! If my file clutter runneth over, can you help me find my "organizing profile" and learn the clean up style that will work for me?

[Thesa]

Organizing PC files is similar to organizing office files, though a lot easier and less cumbersome. A general method is to create folders according to the files required, like the example given.

If you are a project manager, having many people working under you, can do the following

a) Create a folder for each person
b) Within each folder put files relating to that person.
c) If person handling many projects, then create further sub folders and put files in them

If required for personal work, then:

a) Can create folders like correspondence (email, letters etc.) , images (photos), finance (expenses, savings), work_to_do (work to do daily, weekly or monthly) and so on

[ABOTadmin]

I throw everything I don't need into a junk file. Either that or delete them.

[Vintage]

LOL. I don't organize. my whole desktop is cluttered with files. I just remember where I put them. I know it's a bad habit, but I can't help it.

[David Tan]

I think it depends on the sensitivity and importance of the documents plus the urgency in accessing it.

Categorizing and subcategorizing every file will waste precious time and hamper productivity.

Perhaps, only organize high priority files. And the rest, a basic folder structure will do. Because you know, as files get's more and more, you'll end up having to restructure, sub categorize further and that will take more time.