User Guide

ACDSee Pro 3 User Guide
It is also recommended that you back up your database before performing any major adjustments to it, such as importing
information from another ACDSee Pro user, or converting a database from a previous version of ACDSee Pro.
Backup location
It's a good idea to consider where you back up your data, as well as how often. If you're backing up to your hard drive, ACDSee Pro
creates a new folder for each day. This helps to avoid overwriting your backup, and gives you several increments from which you
can restore. Backing up the database to a CD or DVD once a week will help protect you in case of hard drive failure. Also helpful is a
monthly backup that is stored in a different physical location than your computer, such as a network drive.
Backup size
To keep the size of the backup small, choose to back up database information only, and back up your images separately, also on a
regular basis.
Restoring database information from a backup
You can use the ACD Database Restore Wizard to restore previously backed up database information. If you saved your backup to
disc, and the backup spanned multiple discs, you can restore from any disc in the sequence. This can be particularly useful if a disc
is lost or damaged but you would like to recover the remaining information.
To restore database information:
1. In Manage mode, click Tools | Database | Restore Database.
2. On the Welcome page, click Next to select the backup.
3. On the Restore Options page, select the backup and date from which you want to restore, or browse to the location of your
backup and select a .bkup file.
4. If you are restoring from a disc, and the backup spanned multiple discs, it is recommended that you select the last disc in
the sequence. Click Next when you are ready to restore your database.
When restoring a backup from a series of discs or backup files, ACDSee Pro will only restore the information included in
and prior to the selected disc or backup file. Therefore, unless required, it is recommended that you select the last disc or
file in the backup sequence.
Maintaining the database
It is recommended that you regularly perform database maintenance and optimization to increase hard drive space, remove
redundant or extraneous information, and increase overall ACDSee Pro performance.
You can use the tools in the Database Maintenance dialog box to update folders, or to identify folders whose thumbnails and
database information you would like to delete. The Database Maintenance dialog box displays a list of the folders on your system,
and uses icons to indicate the status of database information within specific folders.
Database content icons
Folder contains files with cached thumbnails stored in the database.
Folder contains files that were changed without a database update. For example, a folder or file was renamed or moved
outside of ACDSee Pro.
To perform database maintenance:
1. In Manage mode, click Tools | Database | Database Maintenance.
2. In the Database Maintenance dialog box, browse for folders marked with the database content icons. If there are no marked
folders, you do not need to perform database maintenance and can exit the Database Maintenance dialog box.
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