To add the new disk, go to Edit|Add volume menu or just press the Insert key. The following dialog will appear:
From the combo box (which will list all the disks in your system, including network ones), select the disk you want to add and press OK. ADC will scan this disk and add the information about all files and folders on it to your current database.
Please note that ADC uses the disk serial number for disk identification. Most of the disks already have the serial numbers (the disk formatting utilities almost always set them); however, the factory pre-formatted disks often don’t. If the disk you’re adding has no serial number, ADC always tries to set it (to some random value), if the appropriate option is set. We recommend you to unprotect your disks before Add and Update operations – this will really simplify further updates. ADC can change the serial number of removable disks only (as floppies, Iomega ZIP etc.), however.
ADC also checks if the disk with the same serial number (and of the same type: floppy, CD-ROM etc.) is already listed in the database (for the case if you’ve added it some time ago but forgot about that). If it is so, it asks would you like to update this disk, or scan it again and add as a new record. If your database contains a few disks with the same serial number, the following window will be displayed:
From here, you can select Add to add just inserted disk as a new one, or update one of the given disks; you have to highlight the appropriate one and press Update for that, or just double-click on it.
During the disk scan, ADC will display the small window. This window will display the directories scanned and allow you to cancel the process. We strongly recommend you to restart ADC after interrupting the disk scan; otherwise, the program may not work properly.
After the disk is successfully scanned and added to the database, ADC displays the information about it.