Business System Consultation Center - Our Business System ColumnVol.70 2017.04.01 Takahashi Minoru

The best place to store files in Windows Explorer is right under the drive

Thank you for your interest and continued support.
This is Takahashi from the Marketing Plan Research Laboratory.


I’m sure you all make good use of Excel,
but where do you think is the best place to save those large numbers of files on your computer?


Our answer is
is, quite simply, “right at the root of the drive.”


If your computer only has a C drive, save them right under the C drive.
If you have a D drive (internal storage or an external drive for data), right under the D drive
Create a folder for that purpose and place each Excel file there.


There are two reasons for this:


① Easy to find
⇒ Reduces the time and effort spent finding the file you need
　　Files buried deep in the directory structure are difficult to find.


② Easier to recover if storage (especially the C drive) becomes corrupted
⇒ If files are stored in "Documents" or "Desktop,"
　　due to access permissions,
　　　　retrieving data from another computer
　　more difficult and cumbersome due to permission issues.


*There may also be an issue with the situation itself, where you feel you "must store Excel files inside the computer"
,
in reality, addressing that issue would cause system-related budgets to skyrocket,
so this time I’ve shared a workaround that costs nothing.


That's all, Thank you for reading.

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