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Copy your CD Trustee database


Basically, if you need to transfer CD Trustee to a new machine or newly formatted hard drive, you must install CD Trustee, then copy the CDTrust.mdb database file to the new machine or drive.  The best way I have found to do this (assuming the two computers are not linked by a network) is to 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. This of course assumes both machines have a USB port.  You can then simply copy the files from one machine to this little USB drive, then plug it into the new machine and copy to the proper folder on the new machine or drive.

Of course, if you have a CD burner, you can use that to copy the database file. 

Here are some detailed instructions.  Let's assume you have already copied your CDTrust.mdb database to a CD-R or CD-RW, because you purchased a new computer or reformatted the hard drive.  You can substitute any kind of removable device for the CD writer in the instructions below.  Here's what you need to do to install it on your new machine:

First, install CD Trustee on the new machine by running the SetupCDT.exe installation file that you can download from this web site.  However, do not download this file if you have the Pro version.  If you have the Pro version, install by inserting the Pro version CD.  The Pro version is only available on CD.

After you have installed CD Trustee, insert the CD-R or CD-RW or portable drive containing your CDTrust.mdb database file.  This file should contain all of the information about the albums you have already cataloged.

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, on the left side of that window, click on your CD drive, which is also called your "D:" drive or "E:" drive on most systems. If you are using a portable drive, it will be automatically assigned a drive letter when you plug it in, and you must determine what letter that is in order to proceed..

On the right-half of this window you should see a list of files contained on that CD or other drive. One of those files should say "CDTrust.mdb".  NOTE: If you see a file or several files that just say "CDTrust" rather than "CDTrust.mdb" when you are searching for the database file, right-click on the one that says it is type "Microsoft Access Database" (assuming you are displaying the file details). 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 disk. 

To do this, navigate to the folder where you installed CD Trustee, typically C:\Program Files\CDTrustee. You navigate there by clicking on the "Program Files" folder on the left side of the screen, then click on the "CDTrustee" folder within the Program Files folder. Then, RIGHT click your mouse on that folder name, and choose "Paste" from the menu that appears. This will copy the CDTrust.mdb file into that folder, as long as you copied it to the clipboard properly in the first step. 

You will get a message asking if you want to replace the existing CDTrust.mdb file in that folder. Read that warning carefully to make sure you are copying your existing database file over the sample one, then reply "Yes" to that message.  If you don't get that warning message, you copied it to the wrong folder.

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 transfer these image files, you should copy all the files in the entire Pictures sub-folder from one machine to the other.

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