Joliom,

I'm Susan, so I don't mind if you refer to me by my first name.

Thanks for the tip.  I've been using CaTraxx for my database, but it's such a tedious process typing all the information into the program.  But I like it because it has a section for the date it was released, then a section for if the copy I have was a reissue and so much more.

I'm trying to get the "Voice Recognition" program in Windows 7 to work to save me some typing, but that takes a lot of trial and error.

I had CaTraxx installed on my desktop computer, and it had 3 internal hard drives, and unfortunately my database that I had initially created was on drive "D", but now I am using that drive as an external hard drive in an external USB enclosure for the drive and my Notebook has a recovery partition being they don't sell computers with the installation discs anymore, so now my external drive is "F".  CaTraxx was able to rescan my files, and it downloaded information from a CD database, so it has incorrect artwork and information.  I have a backup file of my original database, but the reference for it is listed as drive "D" and I haven't played with it much to see about getting it changed so I don't have to retype all the correct information again.

I do realize I could delete the "Recovery Partition", being I made the back-up recovery discs, but then I would have to reformat and install everything all over again.  I'm not sure in Windows 7 if you can change drive letters or not, but in Windows-XP you could.

I can't imaging how Chip has his information stored, but I would venture to guess that even though I have a few thousand Christmas LP's and probably 1000+ other genre LP's and several hundred 45's cassettes and 8-tracks, but I'm sure it wasn't an easy task for him either.  I wouldn't say I have the largest collection for a collector, but I would say I have an above average collection.  I continue to add to it when finances allow and now I am able to even add another medium to my collection, Reel-to-Reel tapes.

I pretty much have every record since my childhood, but most are so scratched that they skip and I'm now in my middle 50's so I've amassed a rather large collection since my childhood.  You don't realize how much you actually have until you need to move and start packing them all into boxes.

I've been in my new apartment just over 5 months now and it's much smaller, but I only have my Christmas albums unpacked because I don't have anyplace to display them or have easy access to listen to them.  I need some heavy duty book cases, but I'm also limited to 2 rooms and 500 square feet.  And I went from 6 very large rooms to these 2 small rooms with a small bathroom and kitchen.  So most of my other albums are taking up space in my closets in boxes.