You will see the cataloged disks in the left pane and you will be able to browse their folders and look at the contained files. Now it's time to look at the virtual view.
Now it's time to put something in the virtual folders. Press the Physical button to return to the physical view, then select a volume or a folder. Right-click and select the Add To Virtual Folder menu to open the Choose virtual folder window. Choose a virtual folder an press OK to add the physical folder to the virtual folder and to close the window. Return to the virtual view and look at the virtual folder: it will contain the physical folder.
You can use the Add To Virtual Folder menu with both elements from the left or right pane of the program's window, but there is a difference: you can only select a single volume or folder from the left pane, while you can select many folders or files from the right pane and assign them all to a virtual folder in a single step.
You can add the same physical folder to many virtual folders, and you can add files from different disks to the same virtual folder. Virtual folders are a powerful tool that let you rearrange your data in a logical way and group related files even if they are stored on different disks.
These are the main VVV commands. After you have experimented with them you can look at the Edit menu that contains commands to rename and delete volumes and folders. It is also possible to add a description to files and folders.
It is possible to update an already cataloged volume: VVV will compare the volume and the information already stored in the catalog. Any new file in the volume will be added to the catalog, files deleted from the volume will be removed from the catalog. Files in the volume with a changed size or date/time will be updated in the catalog.
To update a volume select it in the left pane and select the Volumes/Update Volume menu. You can also right-click the volume and select Update from the context menu.