How Many People Find It Quicker To

[Spindulik]

How many people here find it quicker to download a file, than to search your huge pile of CDs.

I could spend hours looking for a certain file, sifting through huge crap piles of "magic marker" CDroms, but actually I can dowload it several times in the same amount of time.

[Aaron_T]

it takes me longer to download than to search through my stack of cds i have to say but if you were talking about movies then whoaaaaaa.....

[mrcall1969]

Yup..and it's quicker to download a song rather than rip it from an original CD

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by Spindulik@29 November 2003 - 20:26
How many people here find it quicker to download a file, than to search your huge pile of CDs.

I could spend hours looking for a certain file, sifting through huge crap piles of "magic marker" CDroms, but actually I can dowload it several times in the same amount of time.
I certainly do that sometimes.

I do have hundreds of CDs tho'

[UKMan]

Yepp - i'm a lazy sob (you can quote me on that) so i do dl instead of searching my own CD's :(

[balamm]

You gotta improve your cataloguing system if it's taking that long.


http://members.shaw.ca/userkey/cds.jpg






Go to command prompt and choose the drive letter of your CD, type dir

Copy the contents and paste it into note pad so it looks like this >


Apps:

Volume Serial Number is 4FDC-4CA4

Directory of *:\

04/23/2003  04:03a               1,558 -hack- c (ebook - txt) - How To Crack Any
Type Of Registrati.rar
05/05/2003  07:05p           1,047,040 Docs_English.exe
04/23/2003  07:33a          13,750,500 Lmw49 - Label Matrix   This program is th
e solution for all .ace
04/28/2003  03:26a           1,052,722 Stardock_WindowFX_Enhanced.zip
03/07/2003  02:38a             138,432 StoikVideoConverter11.zip
04/24/2003  06:25p          14,662,388 Tablaturas - Guitar Tabs Incredible Colle
ction (+2500 Rock, .zip
03/17/2003  02:34a              86,001 TheRightNote_v32.zip
04/28/2003  03:26a           1,152,091 WinISO 5.1 (Already Registered!) - Full V
ersion!-.exe
04/23/2003  03:31a          75,492,604 Winternals Administrators Pak 3.exe
03/23/2003  02:19a           8,172,103 fo-SETUP FACTORY sf6r.zip
03/23/2003  02:15a           3,296,195 fo-TWEAK NOW pp121.zip
04/02/2003  01:16a             999,883 fo-cpui6.zip
04/02/2003  10:03p          14,193,124 fo-qvp7.zip
03/23/2003  02:23p           3,552,982 foundstone_tools.zip
03/11/2003  06:42a           1,712,239 gc.zip
03/17/2003  03:18a           3,381,111 guitarpower.exe
05/06/2003  03:57a             866,078 karvid2_0b2.ZIP
03/17/2003  02:42a           2,064,573 legalbilling.exe
03/07/2003  02:43a          11,151,021 morph_man_4_trial.exe
04/23/2003  04:14a         492,185,076 power traslator pro 7.0 full cd - spanish
portuguese italian.zip
04/23/2003  03:33a           7,471,104 repair file.exe
03/07/2003  04:19a           1,310,435 wdm88x_20321.zip
04/28/2003  04:29a           4,830,488 xq-xsetup.zip
             23 File(s)    662,569,748 bytes

=====================================================================================

Volume Serial Number is B630-33AE

Directory of *:\

03/21/2003  04:32p           2,103,151 MrSIDViewerSetup.exe
04/18/2003  07:43a             553,687 RegCleaner.exe
03/28/2003  01:11p           8,736,869 secureiis202demo.exe
03/14/2003  11:57a         105,464,544 Studio84Trial.exe
05/03/2003  03:49p      <DIR>          SYGATE
05/03/2003  12:57p      <DIR>          TMPG ENC W-SERIAL
05/03/2003  12:57p      <DIR>          TreeFactory For 3D Studio Max, Etc.exe
05/03/2003  12:57p      <DIR>          TYPING MASTER
05/03/2003  12:53p      <DIR>          VIRTUAL MAKEOVER
05/03/2003  12:53p      <DIR>          vISnETIC FIREWALL
05/03/2003  12:53p      <DIR>          VOODOO WIN9X DRIVERS
05/03/2003  12:53p      <DIR>          VOODOO 3DFX WIN2K DRIVERS
03/07/2003  04:18a           2,446,423 wintvrecord_wdm_v12.exe
03/07/2003  01:23a             379,512 wm324951.exe
              6 File(s)    119,684,186 bytes
              8 Dir(s)               0 bytes free


You can use a program like iSleuthhound to create a database from this text file and it will bring up the highlighted entry when you search. It's very fast. Just use the volume # to identify the disk.
Keep the movies in one container, the apps in another.


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[UKMan]

Dont be too helpfull balamm, otherwise this will have to be moved to the software topic :D :lol:

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

http://bellsouthpwp.net/F/u/FuNkY_CaPrIcOrN/CDR.JPG


:P You all need to organize better.With OrangeCD all I have to do is select "CDR Location" and that shows all my CDRs and what is on each one.

Search for a Song or Album and it tells me what CDR.

Databaseing is the most important part of this Game Gentlemen. :D


FC B)

[vivitron 15]

I concur with Mr Capricorn...there is also some good software for cataloguing every file on CD-R, which basically takes a snapshot of the disk, so you can easily search for a file, or even flick through the contents without taking it from your box.

cant remember what its called, but someone will know :)

[Spindulik]

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@29 November 2003 - 17:44
http://bellsouthpwp.net/F/u/FuNkY_CaPrIcOrN/CDR.JPG


:P You all need to organize better.With OrangeCD all I have to do is select "CDR Location" and that shows all my CDRs and what is on each one.

Search for a Song or Album and it tells me what CDR.

Databaseing is the most important part of this Game Gentlemen. :D


FC B)
1% of my files are audio. The rest are anything and everything.

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

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http://bellsouthpwp.net/F/u/FuNkY_CaPrIcOrN/CDR.JPG


:P You all need to organize better.With OrangeCD all I have to do is select "CDR Location" and that shows all my CDRs and what is on each one.

Search for a Song or Album and it tells me what CDR.

Databaseing is the most important part of this Game Gentlemen. :D


FC B)
1% of my files are audio. The rest are anything and everything. [/b][/quote]
:D 482 CDRs of MP3 DATA. :D

:blink: God I need a DVD Burner one day. :blink:

[J'Pol]

I&#39;m getting one. :P

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

Originally posted by J&#39;Pol@29 November 2003 - 17:33
I&#39;m getting one. :P
:angry:

:) Hell yeah.Man even if I get one it would still take abot 100 DVDs probably.But better then 482&#33; :blink: