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# Organizing Folders

The HP Media Vault comes pre-configured with five top-level shared folders: Backup, Documents, Music, Photos, and Videos. These folders are pre-named to help you get started saving and organizing your files.

Additionally, the top-level shared folders are designed for specific purposes. For instance, the backup application that comes with the Media Vault places backup files in the backup folder. Streaming media features rely on music being in the music folder, photos being in the photos folder, and videos being in the videos folder.

Consider creating sub-folders within the top-level folders to organize your content and reduce the time it takes to find information on your Media Vault.

You can not rename or delete Backup, Documents, Music, Photos, and Videos folders. Before doing so, please read the recommendations in the following table:

Recommendation for using default folders
Shared Folders | Recommended Files
--- | ---
Documents | Use this folder to store any important files that you want to share across your network.
Music Photos Videos | HP configured these folders for media streaming to home entertainment centers and to iTunes. iTunes aggregator puts files into the Music folder. Media streaming looks for files of a certain type—photos, music, or videos—within the specified folder. Therefore, music must be placed in the music folder or a sub-folder of the music folder. Photos must be within the Photos folder. Videos must be in the videos folder. For example, if a .jpg (a photo file format) is placed in the music folder it will not be streamed as a photo. It is ignored since it is not in the photos folder.
Backup | NTI's DriveBackup! defaults to this shared folder to store computer system backup files. These are large files containing all of your hard drive's data.In addition, NTI Shadow simple backups also default to this shared folder to store folder and file backups.

| To create sub-folders

Creating sub-folders on your computer and saving them to the Media Vault folder on your server provides an easy way to organize your media files. Follow the example below to learn how to create sub-folders and save them to the Media Vault.

In this example, you create sub-folders in the Music folder for storing categories of music.

1. On your computer, browse to the shared Music folder.
2. For information on how to browse to the Music folder, see Browsing Folders.
3. Do one of the following:

- Windows XP: Click the File menu, click New, Folder, and then name the sub-folder Jazz. Click somewhere else to clear the highlight.
- Windows Vista: Click the Organize menu, click New Folder, and then enter Blues in the highlighted box. Click somewhere else to clear the highlight.

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