Compiling a complete list of files stored on a drive/storage unit and bring that list into Word or Excel or a Website - using DOS commands and or a program called Directory Lister
These tools work well with Excel as you can then put this data into Excel workbooks for the case and use it like a database for the files and even create links to these files from Excel. In Excel you would create a column that provides you with a way to categorize the documents as responsive or non-responsive and a column in which you indicate custodians and other columns that act as fields of data. You an also then use pivot tables in Excel to analyze the files. The Excel files can also then be imported into an Access database or into other databases you might be using for the eDiscovery work.
I will bring up an Excel workbook in which I have done this to demonstrate the end result: file list put into excel with links ediscovery idea.xlsx
And how to use Pivot tables in Excel to analyze the case documents.
First I will demonstrate the DOS command that does not require any software - these are built into Microsoft Office's operating system.
Second I will launch the program DirLister that is a free App from Microsoft and demonstrate its use in eDiscovery.
To access DOS (Disk Operating System) you must right button click on the Windows ICON in the lower left corner of the toolbar and then type CMD.
What are DOS commands CLICK HERE
Here are a commonly used DOS command:
dir e:\*.* /s > allfiles.txt
dir f:\*.* /s /b > c:\filelists\prescott.txt
Here is a list of files generated from one of my folders using this command: dir *.jpg /b > alljpgfiles.txt
65647660_10161796915720401_3878445379133374464_o.jpg
bricklayer.jpg
buffalo-mobile.jpg
cairo donkey.jpg
Collinsville.jpg
courtroom-standing-set-045.jpg
download (1).jpg
download.jpg
EDRM-Office-365-765x400.jpg
edwards.jpg
frosty.jpg
goodshepherdwindow.jpg
handsdrawing.jpg
harps.jpg
harps2.jpg
Hell.jpg
hqdefault.jpg
il_collinsville01.jpg
images.jpg
IMG_8410.jpg
jeanstoff1.jpg
jeff.jpg
jimbutton.jpg
masacer.jpg
Picture1.jpg
rescue.jpg
shimei-david2.jpg
slaughter.jpg
sparrow1.jpg
sparrow3.jpg
sparrow4.jpg
sparrow5.jpg
sparrows2.jpg
staff01.JPG
stamins.jpg
theoklutho.jpg
virtualjury.jpg
washington state bldg 1904 in location.jpg
washington state bldg location.jpg
wise.jpg
wisemen2.jpg
This list can be put into Excel and links created to each file.