9-2

Protecting Files and Folders Immediately

HP Simple Trax is installed along with your other CD-Writer Plus software. No special installation or configuration is necessary. All you need to do before using HP Simple Trax is to prepare a CD for writing with your CD-Writer Plus. The method to prepare a CD can be found in “Making Data CDs to Use on Your Own Computer” on page 5-1.

This chapter shows you how to:

■Protect files and folders on CD

■Create a Protection List

■Schedule a protection session to run automatically

■Retrieve protected files and folders

■Search the HP Simple Trax information vault

■Reconstruct the HP Simple Trax information vault

■Import a CD into HP Simple Trax

■Use the HP Simple Trax Control Panel

For more complete information on any topic see the on-line help.

Protecting Files and Folders Immediately

To protect files and folders immediately:

1.Place the CD you want to use to protect information into your CD-Writer Plus.

2.Run Explorer by clicking the Start button, pointing to Programs, and clicking Windows Explorer.

3.Click the file or folder you want to protect with the right mouse button. A popup menu appears.

To select multiple files or folders within a single folder, press and hold the CTRL key while clicking the desired items with the left mouse button. Then release the CTRL key and click with the right mouse button.