I'm going through a strange life laundry process with my PC's and the 6.4 bajillion files, MP3's, digital photo's and documents strewn all over 6 hard disk partitions as if Hurrican Ivan had spent a fortnight inside my beige tower. The reality is that it's a few years worth of neglect and undisciplined filing plus a rampant tendency to duplicate everything about eight times in different folders on different disks just in case a hard drive goes pop.

So, I'll never lose anything but I can never find anything either. Time to clean up.

Checklist :

1. Install Windows XP Service Pack 2, this took ages on my 56k dialup. DONE

2. Remove 48,000 duplicate files, using NoClone. 10%

3. Organise existing MP3's and rip entire CD collection into iTunes/iPod. 50%

4. Organise all digital photographs into year folders. Picasa looking good. Timeline view rocks. DONE

5. Replace 802.11b USB adapter with a 802.11g access point. DONE

6. Order ADSL, I'm told there's a good chance I may get it this time. Will know in a couple of days. PENDING

7. Defrag x 6. PENDING