Intro to storage hygiene

Introduction to good file management — personal data storage hygiene!

Diff between storage and memory

In this section:

• Storage usage — windirstat &sim

• Backup, sync, file streaming — reasons, services, pros & cons

• Directory hierarchy, file nomenclature

• "Where should I store different types of files?"

  • Long-term (system, slowly-dev'd apps) vs short-term (docs, psds, oft-upd'd apps) files and what type of hard drive to put them on

  • Shortest term: scratch disks, pagefile.sys, swap space

  • Fast-access files e.g. large game files, want on SSD for quick loading