When you first load HardBack, an icon is displayed on the iconbar. Clicking on this icon will bring up the options window allowing you to set various options about the backup, and save and load script files. Once these have been set, a click on Start starts the backup operation proper. This opens the status window which tells you how the backup is progressing. At certain times dialogue boxes may appear either asking to make choices, or to do something (such as insert a new disc) and click Continue. Once the backup has finish, a short message will be displayed at the bottom of the status window. When this has happened, you can start another backup operation by closing the status window and clicking on the iconbar icon, which will display the options window once again.