As far as I know, the only way to accomplish what you want to do would be to export the directory listing(s) of the folders from the external drive into an Excel spread sheet. If she has Excel she can use this freeware utility to do it: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6071/print-out-or-export-directory-lists-to-ms-word-excel/ Basically, this utility just sends the same directory listing you'd see in Explorer to Excel, as a text database. Then you can open it and look at the file names even if the actual files are unavailable. You can also export it into MS Word, but in Word you wouldn't be able to search it or otherwise re-arrange the data.
Not sure why she wouldn't just connect the external drive and use Explorer when she needs to look at the file names or attributes? As far as I know, you can't view a directory file list unless the actual files are available and accessible. Good luck, Donk On 9/7/2012 7:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > How can I save just the attributes of some files from another computer or > storage medium (external hard drive, usb drive, etc.)? > > Here's the situation. My mom has a lot of files that she wants to take off > her computer to make more room. She also wants to back all those files up in > case she needs any of them again (She regularly backs up her computer > anyways.). She also wants to be able to go over the file names and other > attributes such as size, date created, etc. of those files that will no > longer be on her computer but will be on her external hard drive without > having to open up that external hard drive. Is there an application out > there that will set a database that will allow her to do that? She would > like that application to be capable of traversing directories and searching > for a file's attributes such as name just as you would if you were in Windows > Explorer without actually having to open the drive that the file came from. > > If anyone has any questions about what I am indicating, please feel free to > ask. > ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
