Installing optical backup driver

Your Norton product offers several storage location options for backups. You can choose a different location if your backup needs change or if you want to store your backups in several locations for added security.

If you want to back up your important files and data to a CD or DVD Drive, you must configure the optical backup drive on your computer. The optical backup drive helps you read or write data on optical discs.

When you select CD or DVD Drive as the backup location for the first time, your Norton product prompts you to configure the optical backup drive on your computer.

You cannot select automatic scheduling of backups when you back up to CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs for the first time. When the backup is complete, you can click View Details in the Backup window to view the status of your last backup.

We provide a specific amount of online storage for each Norton product key. You can share the cloud storage space that is allocated to you using your account among your computers. For example, your subscription entitles 25 GB of cloud storage and you have two computers having Norton products installed on them and registered with the same Norton account. You can share the storage space among your two computers. You use 10 GB of cloud storage space for your first computer. When you activate the cloud storage for your second computer using the same account, that computer can use the remaining 15 GB of space.

To install optical backup driver

1. Open your Norton device security product.

   If you see the My Norton window, next to Device Security, click Open.

2. In the Norton product main window, double-click Backup, and then click Backup Sets.

3. In the Backup Settings window, on the Where tab, select the CD or DVD Drive option.

4. In the dialog that appears, click Yes, and then click Run Backup.

5. In the dialog that appears, click OK.

   Optical drivers are installed automatically on your system. Once installed, your Norton product starts backing up your files and folders.

6. When you are prompted, insert a blank CD or DVD into the CD-ROM drive and click OK.

   You can view the progress of the backup in the Backup window.

7. When the backup is complete, click Close.

Need more help?

• Get started using Norton Cloud Backup

• Choose the location of the files to be restored before running Norton Backup

• Restore pictures, music, or other important files from Norton backup sets