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I actually fixed it all up again. Here's how I do all now: In C:\, there's a folder called "Admin". In Admin, there's a folder called "Audio". In Audio, there's "Electronic" for all Electronic music (including Ambient BUT NOT Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana, Robert Rich, etc. (Things u find in New Age dept. in music stores)). In Electronic, there are 3 folders: Albums, Live Bootlegs, and Singles.
OK, I'll break it down for the Albums folder first: For each artist, there's a folder for each artist's material (e.g. C:\Admin\Audio\Electronic\Audio\Albums\Chicane). Inside each artist's folder, there are more folders. Each are named after the album's titles. Inside these folders there are either tracks (in this format: 01 - Title), single album-length files + CUE files (in this format: Artist - Album), or folders named after CD numbers (like CD 1, CD 2, etc.). In the case of folders named after CD numbers, if I have album-length files in them, the format goes like this: Artist - Album title - CD 1. Examples of a typical file name (including full path): C:\Admin\Audio\Electronic\Albums\TV Victor\Timeless Decceleration\CD 2\01 - All.mp3. I hope this didn't confuse you too much. I'll get into Various Artists CDs a little later because that's a bigger mess.
Now, the Live Bootlegs folder. I just have a lot of files in here but, there all in a certain format that allows it to all be in a single folder: Format for most live sets: Artist - YYYY-MM-DD - Live at [event name]. Format for series (like the A State Of Trance Episodes): Series name - Episode 01 - Artist (number may become 001 if there are more than 100). Example of a typical file name (including full path): C:\Admin\Audio\Electronic\Live Bootlegs\Paul van Dyk - 2000-04-30 - Live at Mayday. I do it like this because the files fall into Alphabetical AND chronological order at the same time!
Singles is the easiest folder: Just a bunch of tracks (and soon Winamp Playlist files) in this format: Artist - Title.
The reason for such a method of organisation (especially for the Albums and Live Bootlegs folders) is because it makes everything EASY to find. I do everything from big to small or decending order (like my dates: 1999-12-31 for the 31st of December, 1999). If you organise your stuff like this, you'd be surprised at how easy it is to navigate, because everything's ORGANISED.
C ya later...
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... my fault eh... anways most of mine are on CD-R... they are upstaiors in my room sorts neatly... 
