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MS Access Forum / General 2 / January 2008Hard Drive Folder Database
Like many here, I have quite a few retired hard drives with archived and valuable data of all sorts. As time goes on, it becomes increasingly difficult to find files. Is there a utility for XP that will start at the root of a hard drive, scan the tree, and output the results to a text, Excel, or Access file? It is easy to attach the drives to a computer with an IDE-to-USB converter. > Like many here, I have quite a few retired hard drives with archived and > valuable data of all sorts. Every time I retire a drive, I take my "valuable data" with me to the new drive. I've got stuff on this drive from 15 years ago. > Is there a utility for XP that will start at > the root of a hard drive, scan the tree, and output the results to a > text, Excel, or Access file? It is easy to attach the drives to a > computer with an IDE-to-USB converter. http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp There are numerous Desk Top search apps including the MS one > Like many here, I have quite a few retired hard drives with archived and > valuable data of all sorts. As time goes on, it becomes increasingly > difficult to find files. Is there a utility for XP that will start at the > root of a hard drive, scan the tree, and output the results to a text, > Excel, or Access file? It is easy to attach the drives to a computer with > an IDE-to-USB converter. The hard drives are not installed in a computer. They are shelved for archiving purposes. I don't see how a desktop search utility will be of any benefit. I tried Simple Disk Catalog, which does a great job, but after the search, clicking on a column header does not sort the data in the column, which makes browsing the search results tedious. Karen's utility is great for printing a single drive, but its cataloging function seems to be limited to exporting to a .txt file. Thanks for the suggestions, though. > There are numerous Desk Top search apps including the MS one > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> Excel, or Access file? It is easy to attach the drives to a computer with >> an IDE-to-USB converter. I use one called "Cathy Disk cataloguer" and find it marvelous, it logs every folder file in the tree hiearchy. the only cost, one has to send a postcard to the author's daughter. I have had it for years so you will have to Google for it. It does a full CD rom of archived data in a few seconds, I download the results to an MSWorks flat file database for easy searching. Good Luck. > Like many here, I have quite a few retired hard drives with archived and > valuable data of all sorts. As time goes on, it becomes increasingly > difficult to find files. Is there a utility for XP that will start at the > root of a hard drive, scan the tree, and output the results to a text, > Excel, or Access file? It is easy to attach the drives to a computer with > an IDE-to-USB converter. It was a bit hidden away, but found it here... http://www.mtg.sk/rva/ > I use one called "Cathy Disk cataloguer" and find it marvelous, > it logs every folder file in the tree hiearchy. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > for easy searching. > Good Luck. Thanks, Rod. I'm playing with it now. It's obviously a well written little utility. > It was a bit hidden away, but found it here... > http://www.mtg.sk/rva/ [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> for easy searching. >> Good Luck. From memory, it had its quirks, I remember having a few frustrations setting the fields, but when you set up to choice, its a breeze, A bit like all software I guess. "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> > Thanks, Rod. I'm playing with it now. It's obviously a well written little > utility. >Like many here, I have quite a few retired hard drives with archived and >valuable data of all sorts. As time goes on, it becomes increasingly >difficult to find files. Is there a utility for XP that will start at >the root of a hard drive, scan the tree, and output the results to a >text, Excel, or Access file? It is easy to attach the drives to a >computer with an IDE-to-USB converter. You can use the DIR() function recursively in VBA to construct such a list (writing to a table). Allen Browne has some sample code at http://allenbrowne.com/ser-59alt.html Amusingly, this is a good example of "what goes around comes around"; Allen's credits are Provided by Crystal (Microsoft Access MVP), April 2007. Based on code by Allen Browne, adapted from a Usenet posting by Albert Kallal (Microsoft Access MVP.) So from Allen to Albert to Crystal to Allen...! John W. Vinson [MVP] > So from Allen to Albert to Crystal to Allen...! Tinkers to Evers to Chance?  SignatureDirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP www.datagnostics.com (please reply to the newsgroup) >> So from Allen to Albert to Crystal to Allen...! > >Tinkers to Evers to Chance? Double play, retires the side, Access MVP's still ahead by 4. John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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