Chapter 11 - About archiving
How to create disk space
The cleanup task removes files that have already been archived. Files are selected if they have been
archived and are older than the specified age limit. The age limit (a defined number of days, weeks or
years) is set in the Task Settings, see Changing the Archive Task Settings on page 69.
1. Select Run menu > Run Cleanup Task to start the Cleanup Task.
2. Click Yes to confirm that you want to proceed with the cleanup task. The progress of the cleanup is
shown.
Note
If you are still short of storage space you should remove deleted images, see Emptying the "Deleted"
folder.
How to stop an archive task
1. Select Run menu > Stop Task if you need to stop the current archive task. The option is unavailable when
there is no task running.
2. Confirm that you want to stop the archive task. The task will continue to run until it has completed
processing the current file. This may take up to a minute depending on the task. Subsequent files
will not be processed and the task will stop.
3. Remove and discard the disk.
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Most menu items and toolbar buttons are unavailable while a task is running, only the Stop Task
option is available.
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Do not attempt to re-use a disk from a canceled archive task or that has been partly filled.
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Previous software versions used a technique that wrote one file at a time. Archiving could
effectively be stopped and resumed. However, that technique was slower and less reliable.
How to select the correct CD or DVD type
Many types of disk can be used to store your archived information. However, some disks tend to cause
problems. Use the following notes to help determine the most appropriate disks to buy:
In all cases you should buy the appropriate disk format for your writer.
CD disks (default):
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Always use CD-R disks. Do not use CD-RW disks.
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Do not use high capacity disks such as 800Mb. Larger capacity disks tend to experience more
archiving problems. The likelihood of a successful archive task increases if you use lower capacity
disks.
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Disk quality varies, even within a single pack of disks. You may have problems with several CDs in
a single pack.
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The recommended maximum setting is 24x. Above this speed, the PC and writer drive may not be able
to sustain continuous writing to the disk, and the time to write the disk may therefore increase.
For writers with a maximum speed of 24x or less, the maximum speed can be used. If you experience
failures in the archive task, you should lower the write speed in the Task Settings dialog box until reliable
performance is achieved, see Changing the Archive Task Settings on page 69.
DVD disks (only if recommended by Optos):
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Always use DVD-R or DVD+R 4.7Gb single layer disks. Do not use DVD-RW, DVD+RW.
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Do not use double layer disks.
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