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Beau Sharbrough
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RootsWorks: Organization

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Hard Disk Filing Methods

Hard disks are huge these days. It's not uncommon to have more than 50,000 files on a computer. It's great to have the space, but without some structure and some discipline, you'll find yourself looking for a needle in a hayfield.  more

  Favorites

As you surf the web, you will want to bookmark some sites as favorite places, to be visited again. The web is a very big place, and you'll want to organize this list as well.  more


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Hard Drive Partitioning

Some people say that it's important to partition a hard drive to improve performance and simplify backups. Others say that if you only have one drive, why bother?  more

  Start Menu

As you use your computer, you install programs. These programs are added to the start menu. After a while, this willy-nilly collection of shortcuts becomes unusable. You can organize these into folders and subfolders.  more

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