File organization recommendation

[stonecracker]

Hi Everyone

Planning a strong emulator build with 2 1TB drives on the PC.   One M.2 format and another a standard ssd.   I will be purchasing Big Box.
Plan will be to boot and have applications on the M2 SSD.

I have watched a number of videos and read many posts.   I cant figure out if there is a best practice for planning and utilizing storage.   I dont want to be sorry later with the  decisions I make on where I have placed emulators and roms.   

I have found videos where they have been placed under the Launchbox game folders and other where they are stored on a separate drive.   I want to take advantage of all of the great features in the platform including bringing in all art and media for the games.   Without understanding the space required to take advantage of the rich features, I am looking for some recommendations from our more experienced community members.   I am trying to get organized so I dont have to start moving things around half way through the build due to a lack of planning on my part.

So... What advice and recommendations would members of the community have for me on how best to organize my storage?   Where should I load all great fun I have been downloading in preparation for my build.

and... if storage recommendation and best practices are out here, I apologize.  I did look and didnt find anything when I searched.
Thanks for your time and consideration.

Stone

[Lordmonkus]

You will probably get several opinions on this but for me I have never felt the need to put any of my LB or emulation stuff on an SSD. My entire emulation setup is on an old fashioned mechanical HDD and I don't notice any performance issues that would be resolved by having it on an SSD.

My folder structure is like this:

D:\Emulation
    I-- Launchbox
    I-- Emulators
    I-- Roms
    I-- Tools

In my emulators folder every emulator is in its own sub folder and usually labeled with a version number.
In the Roms folder is my roms organized by system, cart and single file roms are all in a single folder but CD based systems where there is often a cue + bin or other files each game has it's own folder.
Tools is just that, tools related to emulation such as rom patching programs like Lunar IPS.

You could put everything in sub folders within LB and it will all work perfectly fine and will make moving much easier in the future if you need to.

[stonecracker]

Thanks for the advice!   I made the trip to Microcenter tonight and the build begins.   Spending more than I should but looking forward to watching this thing grow and evolve.