Judy:
The external hard drives available right now are really inexpensive - the images get a very cheap retirement home. Just to clarify what I said earlier - when the image is scanned it goes right away to that drive. When I'm doing the item in aw2k I go to that drive to find the image to put it into aw2k. So there is never any moving etc of images. From the get go they are on the external drive.

I might need a bit more explaination though -- you have to remember that I'm doing postage stamps -- however, the process could very well be the same for any type of item for sale. The stamps are placed on a flat bed scanner in a protective holder and scanned - sometimes up to 40 or 50 at a time. I then have software that will "cut" them apart. That first scan goes in a "rawimage" directory on the hard drive under the country name. Once the images are cut apart and are ready for placing on an auction page they are saved with the catalog number on the outboard hard drive.

When the auction is over there is no need to move any images as they are already at home on the external drive. This cuts down on moving and or forgetting to move. It also gives me only one place to find images. If it ain't there it just ain't. In your case where you have more than one person working on aw2k it would be easier for them to locate images.

Garry