Is It Just Me?

Does anyone else have the same painful experience when it comes to loading photos onto the PC from a camera? Or is it just me? I have a random-each-time-I-use-a-different-technique approach and it simply doesn't work. I have zillions of the same photos stored in lots of different places on my computer and when I just go and save a fresh batch LIKE I DID TONIGHT, I can't find them! So I go and try and save them again (ie duplicate another zillion photos) and some application is now missing! I am officially giving up. And will try again tomorrow. I do have some nice pics of my boyos. If I only knew where they were.