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# Intro to storage hygiene

Introduction to good file management — personal data storage hygiene!

Diff between storage and memory

In this section:

* Storage usage — windirstat \&sim
* Backup, sync, file streaming — reasons, services, pros & cons
* Directory hierarchy, file nomenclature
* "Where should I store different types of files?"
  * Long-term (system, slowly-dev'd apps) vs short-term (docs, psds, oft-upd'd apps) files and what type of hard drive to put them on
  * Shortest term: scratch disks, pagefile.sys, swap space
  * Fast-access files e.g. large game files, want on SSD for quick loading