Save Files and Folders

The rhomb on the left-hand side indicates that the modification date of the archived file is the same.

Access to archived objects is also possible with Explorer. There are particular levels for archives and disks. Files and folders will be grouped by changeable archiving periods.

You can create files with links to archived objects. This is another way to access an archived file at the right place -- even if the original one has been renamed or deleted in the meantime.

Notes that you have entered are stored in the archive. Because searching is possible within notes, you can input keywords there, facilitating a later search.

With Archive & Restore, you can save files on hard drives as well as disks. The program will manage disks; if you want to open or restore a particular file, you will be prompted to insert the appropriate disk. Archive & Restore will then maintain the read-only attribute of the original file, e.g. if you restore files from a CD-ROM not all of them will be write protected because of this.

Many archiving parameters are properties of the archives themselves and need not be entered again and again. For example, once you define for an archive, that files should always be stored uncompressed and in an unchanged format.

If you try to archive a file that is already open with another program, Archive & Restore lets you close that file and try again or just skip it. If you cancel, however, this will lead to a definite state: all files will be archived or none at all -- the program will not archive only one part while leaving the rest in its original place.

The program will also offer some comfort during restoring in that a file will already exist at the destination.

Archive & Restore will not create a single file, e.g. in ZIP format. For each archiving process, one folder will be created and all files stored separately therein -- optionally uncompressed, so you will be able to access them directly in the archive or through a local search engine.