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Organizing Your
Hard Disk
It is important to spend some time early on deciding which types or
groups of files should be located together in the same file directory. File
directories can be created using the DOS MD or MKDIR command.
You may want to organize your directories first by customer area, then
by customer name, and finally by radio model type, or perhaps in the
reverse order. Consider the different ways in which you operate your
business. Do you separate radio files by customer location, by sales
revenue, by fiscal year, or perhaps by date of purchase? When deciding
how to organize your files and directories, we suggest the following:
• Put as few directories as possible near the top, or root, of your
directory tree. The next level of directories would be the customer
names within each top-level directory.
• Keep the RSS diskette contents in one directory and your archive
files in a different directory.
• Storing archive files for different radio models in the same
directory can cause a lot of confusion. Have a separate directory
name for each radio model, and then store the archive files for
that specific model within the appropriate model directory.
Below is a sample directory tree for storing your radio archive files on
your computer’s hard disk. Though your hard disk directory tree may
vary depending on your way of doing business, this setup may be a
starting point for you. The installation program will automatically
create the MRSS and HT1000 directories for you if they do not already
exist.
ROOT
SPREAD SHEET WP
MRSS
DATA BASE GRAPHICS
Etc.SPECTRA STX VISARPP SABER SI MTSXEtc.
ARCHIVE
EXECUTABLE PROGRAM FILES
1993
FIRE
SECURITY
TOWING COURIER
1994
FIRE
SECURITY TOWING COURIER
HT1000
1996
1995
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