User Guide

Chapter 6: Organizing
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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. Click 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 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 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.
To perform database maintenance:
1. Click Database, and then select 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.