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Hard drive file management?

Hi, all
I have started ripping my CDs to a dedicated hard drive using EAC and the FLAC format. Things are going fine. However, a friend who ripped his CD collection a year or so ago into WAV files using the Windows Media Player tells me that his files ended up in individual album folders. When I open my music directory, there is one long list of files. I can see that if I rip a lot of CDs, It could get difficult to locate individual albums or songs if I wished to manipulate the files. I can't find any means of organizing files in the EAC program. Is there something that I'm missing? I am not having any problems with playback using a Logitech Touch--it seems to be able to differentiate the albums and artwork, so there is no issue with day-to-day useage, but if I wanted to copy or transfer single songs or albums finding them could be confusing.
This is all pretty new to me, and I appreciate any help or knowledge about this.

Bill
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jonahsdad
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EAC can set up your file structure automatically.
Under EAC Options go to Filename tab. there are codes explained for structuring your filename and directory/sub-directories based on the tag categories.

For example, I use CD Artist\CD Title\filename
Filename is Track Number. Track Title
The codes is: %D\%C\%N. %T
It is explained right on the page where you enter it. IMO quite easy to do.
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