We strongly recommend that at all times you have a reasonably current version of your artdat30.mdb data file stored on either a CD or some other storage device separate from your computer. By doing this, you ensure that should your computer become damaged or otherwise inaccessible, you will still have your data which can be reloaded as necessary.

For the purposes of this article we shall assume that the WorkingArtist 3.0 data file is located at c:\program files\WorkingArtist30. To locate your WorkingArtist data file, here is a link to a WorkingArtist Knowledge Base article on Locating the WorkingArtist 3.0 data file (artdat30.mdb) on your Hard Drive.

1. Starting at the desktop with WorkingArtist closed
2. Put a writable CD into the CD drive.
3. A screen pops up: CD Drive (D:).
This screen has options for writing to CD using different burning software on the pc.
4. Select either Cancel or Take No Action.
5. The screen goes away.
6. Double click on My Computer.
7. Double click on Local Disc (C:)
8. Double click on Program Files.
9. Double click on the folder WorkingArtist30.
10. Right click on the file Artdat30.mdb
(If file extensions are not shown on your computer, the file will be called Artdat30)
11. A menu appears.
12. Place the cursor over the option: Send To
13. A menu appears.
14. Left click on the option: DirectCD Drive(D).
15. A balloon pops up:
You have files waiting to be written to the CD
To see the files now, click this balloon.
16. Click the balloon.
A screen opens: CD Drive (D:).
Under the header: "Files waiting to be written to the CD", you should see the Artdat30.mdb file.
17. In the upper left hand corner of the screen is a section entitled CD Writing Tasks.
18. Click on the option: Write these files to CD.
19. The CD Writing Wizard Screen comes up.
20. On the first screen, there is a field where you can name the CD.
A default name (today’s date) is already inserted. You can change it if you wish.
21. Click Next
22. The CD starts writing to CD.
23. A progress bar is displayed
24. When the CD is written, the CD drawer pops open.
25. A second CD Writing Wizard Screen comes up.
26. You have the choice of copying the same file to another CD.
27. Click Finish to close the Wizard.

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