Re: How many files in one folder ?

'Anjin Topeng' wrote:
| I am about to finish my digitalisation project and have put all my CD's in
| mp3 format. For the moment all MP3's have been stored in one folder. There
| about 22000 MP3 files. This is roughly 140 Gig.
| Now my system is getting really slow. If I open the MP3 folder, to move
one
| of the files, it takes ages before the file can be selected. The MP3's are
| all on my internal drive (500 Gig). How do I organize the MP3's on my PC ?
| Subfolders based on 'artist name' is no option as many artists names start
| with "The". How many files can I put in one folder without loosing too
much
| speed ?How much time do you spend moving files around? Is that really a
big item on your adgenda?

Perhaps more RAM would help and/or a faster CPU/Memory/FSB would help.

Perhaps a program like Windows Media Player would help; it takes care of rhe
'The' problem.

You should orgainze your files in a convenient manner. Subfolders are
indicated as a way reducing the time Windows Explorer takes to rearrange its
presentation. What you see is NOT your system slowing down, but rather a
result of your choice of an inefficient method organization.

I have no problem with Windows Media Player and seven thousand tunes (40
Gbytes), but then I never try to look through the entire directory using
Windows Explorer.


Phil Weldon

"Anjin Topeng" <AnjinTopeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FFD0FAC0-AFDA-4C8F-A4EF-D0FAEBBAB735@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Hi,
| I am about to finish my digitalisation project and have put all my CD's in
| mp3 format. For the moment all MP3's have been stored in one folder. There
| about 22000 MP3 files. This is roughly 140 Gig.
| Now my system is getting really slow. If I open the MP3 folder, to move
one
| of the files, it takes ages before the file can be selected. The MP3's are
| all on my internal drive (500 Gig). How do I organize the MP3's on my PC ?
| Subfolders based on 'artist name' is no option as many artists names start
| with "The". How many files can I put in one folder without loosing too
much
| speed ?


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