On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:48:58 -0500, hfa wrote:
>I have checked what I had on first cd I found in collection with CA, and
>everything passes. I am still missing 2414 files,
>but I will find them eventually on another cd/dvd...what a nightmare I have
>created for myself here. But I knew nothing of
>csv's and such back then. Guess it's true that you're never too old to learn
>
>
>hfa
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>Um, in case you missed it in the other group, I am looking for a way to speed
up
>the searching and cataloguing of what's on
>these cd/dvds.
Well no, I didn't miss it; I just didn't have a good answer for the question
;-( I can tell you how I've done it, although it's not speedy (at least at
first).
I created some text files for each batch of CD's. I catalogued (laboriously)
everything on each CD, at least by series and number of folders. Now I can do
a search of my text files for whatever I'm interested in. This isn't a one-
day affair I'm afraid. Once it done however, the seaching is very quick.
If your discs are like mine, you'll find most of a series in a limited run of
discs. I catalogued slowly as I searched out sets on CDs. When I got tired,
I'd stop. Here's a good incentive - the next couple months will pass whether
you catalog or not.
Chances are you only need to catalog your earliest stuff - up to 2004.
Everything else is a repost.
Certainly, begin cataloguing the discs you burn now when you burn them.
Identify your discs only by a number (they are encrypted, right?), and save
the text file on an encrypted volume.
Someone once posted the name of a disc cataloguing program. Perhaps someone
else still remembers what it was. It may or may not help.
mr.bill
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