Steps to archiving

In order to archive your albums and images to a CD or DVD, you must follow these steps:

1. Choose the "File->Archiving->Archive Images" menu option.
2. You have two options for creating the CD or DVD. You can either create the CD/DVD directly from FotoAlbum if you have a blank disc and your CD or DVD burner is compatible with FotoAlbum. Or you can create an ISO image that you can later use with your recording software to create the CD's/DVD's.
3. Once you choose the destination drive or destination ISO file, you then specify a name and description for this archive. An image can be archived to unlimited number of archives, and each archive should be given unique names to help locate the archive for later use. When you wish to later recover an image, FotoAlbum will list the archives that contain the image. Ideally the labels of the CD's or DVD's should contain the archive name for long-term archiving.
4. Once you have named the archive, you then choose what albums or groups to place on the archive. If you have more images than what will fit onto a single disc, you must unselect some albums to fit the chosen images onto the disc.
5. The process of creating the CD or DVD can take a while depending on the amount of data you have chosen and the speed of your drive. Once the burn process has completed, your images have been successfully saved. Note: Because CD's or DVD's can easily get scratched or damaged, it is advisable to archive albums and pictures to multiple CD's or DVD's before removing the images from your system.