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Originally Posted by Due
First rule of organizing is to DATE it.
You should have:
2012-10-05 desktop1
2012-10-28 desktop2
etc etc
then it's a lot easier to locate the temporary desktop with the temporary edited file to verify it contains the same information. 
Also it helps a lot if you get a new computer every 6 months or so, then you can import your mess into a special folder named YEAR-MONTH-COMPUTER,
On a mac it works great with "smart folders" etc  |
Yup.
As an example for accounting I have a folder called receipts. Inside that are year folders. Inside them month folders. Inside them files like 2012-11-03-Staples.pdf.
Hell I still have every image for every blog post made because I also stored them by date.