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I have a pretty daunting task in front of me and I'd like some advice.
I replaced 20 student lab computers -- all students were logging on
locally using one or two common accounts (no comments please) and there
are gigabytes of data *everywhere*.
We are now on a domain-based system with students using individual logons.
Still, I had copied the entire contents of the "documents and settings"
folders from each of the 20 previous computers -- students had documents
etc that needed to be saved.
So now I have tens of thousands of files that I want to keep... mostly
docs, spreadsheets, and pictures. Problem is that everyone named their
documents the same... 1.doc, bio.doc, etc. I basically have tens of
thousands of files, mostly named the same, in these user direcetories,
along with all of the other garbage that can be found under the "documents
and settings" folder.
I've been using the search function of Explorer to remove the folders I no
longer need, ie "local settings" etc., but I am getting all kinds of in
use file errors and other nonsense, so its become a fruitless effort.
At this point all I need to do is stick *all* documents in a common
folder, give teachers access to it, and walk away. However, I need a
creative way of finding each file, renaming it if necessary, and moving it
into this new folder.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I replaced 20 student lab computers -- all students were logging on
locally using one or two common accounts (no comments please) and there
are gigabytes of data *everywhere*.
We are now on a domain-based system with students using individual logons.
Still, I had copied the entire contents of the "documents and settings"
folders from each of the 20 previous computers -- students had documents
etc that needed to be saved.
So now I have tens of thousands of files that I want to keep... mostly
docs, spreadsheets, and pictures. Problem is that everyone named their
documents the same... 1.doc, bio.doc, etc. I basically have tens of
thousands of files, mostly named the same, in these user direcetories,
along with all of the other garbage that can be found under the "documents
and settings" folder.
I've been using the search function of Explorer to remove the folders I no
longer need, ie "local settings" etc., but I am getting all kinds of in
use file errors and other nonsense, so its become a fruitless effort.
At this point all I need to do is stick *all* documents in a common
folder, give teachers access to it, and walk away. However, I need a
creative way of finding each file, renaming it if necessary, and moving it
into this new folder.
Any ideas?
Thanks.