Backing Up Your Purchased Copy of Notation Composer

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The backup procedures described here are intended to help you restore the Notation Composer software if it has been lost on your system, for example, due to a hard drive crash. In addition, you may make a copy of the Notation Composer software and install it on another computer in your household, for use by yourself or other members of your household.  Please note that Notation Composer is protected by copyright law, and installing it on unauthorized machines is punishable by law, and a nagging conscience.  If you enjoy using Notation Composer and want to share that joy with your friends, then please consider either purchasing a copy for them as a gift, or encourage them to purchase their own copy.  Such purchases ensure the further development efforts that improve our products, and make it even easier for you to make music.

If you have purchased Composer on CD-ROM, then there is probably no need for you to back up Composer. However, if you have a CD-Write drive, then you might want to make a copy of Composer for backup purposes.

If you have purchased the full version of Composer, and it was delivered to you via Internet download instead of on a CD-ROM, then follow one of the procedures below.

prcarrow To back up the full version of Composer that you have downloaded:

1.When you download the Composer setup program, make note of the directory to which it was downloaded.

If you do not recall the download directory, then:

(a)Click the Start button at the lower left corner of the Windows screen. This will display a menu.
(b)Choose Search in the Start menu.
(c)Follow the directions in the Search window for searching for the Composer setup program. Search for a file that begins with the letters "NotationComposer" and which ends with ".exe", by using the following "wildcard" syntax:

Composer*.exe

The search will find a file named similarly to Composer20Setup.exe

2.If you have a CD-Write drive, then copy the above single Notation Composer setup program (.exe) file to the writeable CD-ROM.
3.If you have another high-capacity storage media, such as a Zip drive, a tape drive, or a hard drive on a second, networked computer, then copy the above Notation Composer setup program (.exe) file to that media.

Also note that you can always redownload your purchased software by visiting our website at www.notation.com/Redownload.php and following the instructions there.  You will always receive the most up to date installation file to which you are entitled.


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