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285: More Free Space Than Free Time

2025/5/4
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By listener request, we're talking about our personal file organization and storage layouts this week, with a focus on our desktop computers--including how we use our OS-level home folders, whether to interact with the root system drive or not, and how much data we even keep on those machines these days--and also how we attempt to organize media, archives, backups and more on our home servers. Plus, a check-in on the state of Windows backup tools. Is it actually possible to avoid the dreaded Nth-level nested "old desktop" folder? Maybe!

Software mentioned in this episode:

Ventoy, the multi-ISO bootable USB image: https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html)

Everything, the universal search tool: https://www.voidtools.com/)

How to use Windows File History: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/backup-and-restore-with-file-history-7bf065bf-f1ea-0a78-c1cf-7dcf51cc8bfc)

More info on Windows Libraries: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/client-tools/windows-libraries)

EaseUS' free Windows backup utility: https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html)

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