M76
[H]F Junkie
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What is the best way to build a catalogue / database from lots of archived HDDs?
I want a comprehensive database that at the bare minimum stores file names and directory structure in a browsable, searchable fashion.
A freeware / open source solution is preferable. Or something based on MSAcces could also work.
So far all the utilities I found were mostly designed for CDs, and they crapped out after crawling 2-3 8TB HDDs. Others would do the crawling so slowly that it would take days to catalogue just one HDD. And we're talking about dozens here.
I want a comprehensive database that at the bare minimum stores file names and directory structure in a browsable, searchable fashion.
A freeware / open source solution is preferable. Or something based on MSAcces could also work.
So far all the utilities I found were mostly designed for CDs, and they crapped out after crawling 2-3 8TB HDDs. Others would do the crawling so slowly that it would take days to catalogue just one HDD. And we're talking about dozens here.