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Backing up your database |
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All of your CD Trustee album data is contained in a file named CDTrust.mdb. This file is located in the folder where you installed CD Trustee, typically "C:\Program Files\CDTrustee". The location of that file is also shown on the top line of the main artist/album display in CD Trustee. You should back-up this file any time you add or change album or artist information in CD Trustee. Just copy the CDTrust.mdb file to another location, preferably on another disk. Any album cover images you save in CD Trustee are saved as .JPG image files, in the Pictures sub-folder of the folder where you installed CD Trustee, typically "C:\Program Files\CDTrustee\Pictures". Each picture is a separate .JPG file, so if you want to back up these image files, you should copy the entire Pictures sub-folder to another location. How to make a backup copy of your data: Start Windows Explorer by placing your mouse pointer over either your "My Computer" icon or on the Windows Start button, then press your RIGHT mouse button once. This is called "right-clicking", as opposed to "clicking" which would be pressing your LEFT mouse button once. Right-clicking displays a menu. Choose "Explore" from that menu to start Windows Explorer. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder where you installed CD Trustee, typically "C:\Program Files\CDTrustee". You navigate there by clicking on the Program Files folder, then clicking on the CDTrustee folder within the Program Files folder. On the right-half of this window you should see a list of files contained in that folder. One of those files should say "CDTrust.mdb". Right-click on that file and choose "Copy" from the menu that appears. Nothing will appear to happen, but this will copy that file into your Windows Clipboard. You can then "Paste" that file into any other folder on your hard disc, a floppy, or a zip disk, simply by right-clicking on that disk or folder and choosing "Paste" from the menu that appears. NOTE: If you see several files that just say "CDTrust" rather than "CDTrust.mdb", right-click on the one that says it is type "Microsoft Access Database", or else set Windows to display the entire file name. You do this while viewing the contents of the folder in Windows Explorer, as follows: Left-click on the Tools menu and choose "Folder Options" from that menu, click the "View" tab, then remove the check-mark from the box that says "Hide file extensions for known file types". Then click the OK button. This will then display the entire file names, so you should see "CDTrust.mdb" in the list of files rather than just "CDTrust". IMPORTANT NOTE: If you copy the CDTrust.mdb file or picture files to a CD-R or CD-RW and then copy them back to a hard drive, some versions of Windows set the file attribute property to be "Read-only" for these files. This will prevent CD Trustee from working. You must remove the "Read-only" attribute, since CD Trustee needs to be able to write to these files. You need to change this by right-clicking on the file in Windows Explorer, then choose "Properties" from the menu that appears, then remove the check-mark in the Read-only box. If all you have to back up to are floppy disks, the CDTrust.mdb file might be too big to fit on one floppy disk. If the CDTrust.mdb file is too big to fit on a floppy, perhaps you can use a program like WinZip to compress it so that it does fit. That program will also span a file across multiple diskettes. Your other options are to use a network connection between the two computers if they both have network cards, or to burn the files to a CD and transfer them that way. If you use a CD, make sure you remove the "Read-only" file attribute that Windows may set when you copy the files back to a hard disk. This is discussed on the FAQ page. If you don't have a CD burner, you can temporarily attach a removable drive such as a Zip disk or portable CD writer. You can also use one of those new tiny USB drives that are about the size of a car key. I bought a 64 MB one for $20.You can even send the file to yourself in an e-mail attachment, and receive the e-mail on the other machine.
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