Instruction Manual
850 Audio File Management
Deleting Unused Audio Files
RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, Zip or Jaz drive, another hard drive, network
drive, etc.).
You have now created a copy of your project. It is a good idea to open the
project once you have backed it up to confirm that all audio loads properly.
To Create a Backup Using the Consolidate Project
Audio Command
Use this procedure to backup a project that has multiple audio folders:
1. Open the project you want to backup.
2. Select Tools-Consolidate Project Audio.
3. A message box appears listing the destination folder for your audio
backup.
4. Click OK to confirm.
5. Using Windows Explorer, copy the project, the backup folder and all its
contents, including the project’s audio folder, to its backup location
(CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, Zip or Jaz drive, another hard drive,
network drive, etc.). The Consolidate Project Audio command only
copies the audio in your project, so make sure you copy the
project (.
CWP) along with the backup folder.
6. Once you have copied the backup folder you can delete it to free up
disk space.
Deleting Unused Audio Files
The Tools-Clean Audio Folder command is used to delete digital audio
files in an audio folder if they are no longer used by any of your projects.
You should use this command from time to time to free up disk space.
This command searches your entire system for project files, and then
compiles a list of all the audio files in a specified folder that are not in use by
any of these projects. You can then choose to delete these audio files.
Make sure that all of your important project (.
CWP, .WRK) files are stored on
your local hard disk(s) before using this command. If your project files are
stored elsewhere (removable media, etc.), then you risk accidentally
deleting important audio files that are associated with your projects.
If you are using another utility program that protects you from accidentally
deleting important files (such as Norton Protect), you may need to disable
that program. Otherwise, the next time you use the Tools-Clean Audio
Folder command you may once again find these not-quite-deleted files.