Hard drive organization. Options

[Maccabee]

My files are not well rganized and it is really bugging me. Before I go through and organize everything, I want to know how you organize your stuff.

In documents I currently have tons of random crap, but I cant make a folder for stuff like it cause I have a lot of stuff that doesnt have anything else like it if you know what I mean. And in pictures I tried to make it so I ony have a few folders including, events, vacations and stuff but I always get random stuff in their and I dont want just a huge misc folder! So tell me how you organize!

[queen]

my personal organization system (caps represent folder names):


TEXT: text files, or anything that's not a graphic/video/music file. this does not include layout coding. if there are multiple users, i first create a folder per user before i make the following:
- SCHOOL: homework/classwork
- WORK: work files that you need to bring home
- PERSONAL: random stuff that's important to you
- MISC: random stuff that doesn't fall under the above

PICTURES: computer graphics (including web layouts) and photographs
- PHOTOS: raw files imported from camera (this includes videos from cam also)
----- NAME OF CAMERA 1:
----------- YEAR 1:
----------- TEAR 2:
--------------- EVENT 1:
--------------- EVENT 2:
--------------- EVENT 3: events include birthdays, vacations, concerts, etc. anything that doesn't fit in an "event" (for example, random camwhoring) would just fall under the main camera folder.
----- NAME OF CAMERA 2:
----- NAME OF CAMERA 3:
----- NAME OF CAMERA 4: my family uploads from 4 different cameras

- GRAPHICS: any graphic/vector that was created by yourself (includes manipulated photos)
----- VECTORS: saved completed vectors
----- PHOTOMANIPULATION: saved completed manips
----- DIGITAL ART: saved misc. digital art
----- WORK: anything that is work related
----- PLAY: anything i'm currently working on (WIPs) for fun

- STOCK: any photos that were not taken by your own camera

- LAYOUTS: all images for a personal web design layout, including coding for it, with each layout saved in its own folder. any layouts that are created for work, however, would go under "work".

VIDEOS: this folder usually just contains saved clips and/or full movies, so i just save in folders named after titles

MUSIC: music files, whether ripped or not
- RENAME: i leave a folder in there to put in newly downloaded music that i have yet to rename and organize.


anything that is randomly acquired (like if a friend sends me a file) or if i'm saving something only temporarily i leave it on the desktop so i could remember to delete it later.