How to organize your computer files? Benefits you will see when you organize your files When you organize your files it keeps your computer performing at its highest standard. Makes it easier to find a particular file. Won’t need to search through all the clutter to find what you want. If you organize your files regularly it will encourage you to backup your files somewhere else therefore preventing data loss. Some of my rules on how to organize your files Installed programs Every program you install should go into C:/Program Files if C: is your main drive. Sometimes people accidentally install software directly into C: drive which scatters files all over the place. Hopefully the program you install will automatically go to C:/Program Files/The Programs Name. Below is a screen shot of my C: drive on my windows XP computer. This is how I organize your computer files. Does yours look like this? Here is another screen shot of Windows Vista computer. As you can s...