Quote Originally Posted by jorgemonkey
I've got my folders setup so if I need to find a photo from say 11/5/2006, I goto the main folder 2006 -> 11.2006 -> 11.05.06 -> whatever the file name is.

I'd gotten in the habit of renaming the files so when someone orders a photo I know exactly where file 2006-11-05-915 is. I've gotten so used to this setup now I might have a mental breakdown if I tried to change it
You can do a Windows search by date and it will bring up anything with that date. For me it would take a while though as I have 3 internal drives and 5 external USB drives with 8 years of photos. I actually have a list on the side of the computer that shows what years are on which drive which helps if someone calls wanting a photo from 2001 at the speedrome. I can look at the list and see they are drive h and cut the search time considerably. You'd be amazed how many calls I get for old photos, I even had one guy call to see if I had anything on AJ Foyt last week. I just happened to have set up so I can type a name and it pops those names up and from that he choose one from a race at the State Fairgrounds of AJ and his son Larry from 2003. That photo is now going into a magazine and book from what the person said.....and a nice check to boot Using the exif data to help search for a name, event etc. takes some work to set up but it really helps if you are looking for specific things. I only have 100,000 more to set up

JS