Hi, again many thanks. Time for next stupid newby question: How would one go about formating an internal drive in the way you suggest on the Mac? Isn't there a risk that i lose all data on my 1 tb internal drive or that apps installed now won't work after formating? I can back up everything, i think, because i've got a 2 TB Readynas to which i can move important documents and stuff. What's your suggestion there? /Krister
3 jan 2013 kl. 19:57 skrev Slau Halatyn <[email protected]>: > Hi Krister, > > While that setup will technically work, your internal drive will become > fairly fragmented over time. Again, it'll work but I'm not sure if it'll be > adequate. If you're just doing a few tracks for fairly small projects, I > suppose it'll suffice. One other thing to consider is that most internal > drives are 5400 rpm unless they're desktop models. You really should be using > 7200 or 10,000 rpm drives. Just a suggestion: why not partition your internal > drive to dual boot and just use the external drive for backup/media? > > cheers, > > Slau > > On Jan 3, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > >> Hi and thanks for the tip. I'm more and more leaning towards the following >> setup: External 1 TB drive as bootup with system and PT on it and my >> internal drive as a media drive. Would that be advisable? Sorry for asking >> similar sounding questions, i just wanna be sure i'm doing the right thing. >> Please keep in mind, i'm a total newby when it comes to PT. IVe only used >> digital portastudios in the past and also have attempted with various >> results to use sonar. >> >> /Krister >> >> 3 jan 2013 kl. 19:03 skrev Slau Halatyn <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi Krister, >>> >>> The makers of Pro Tools have always recommended using a separate drive for >>> media and advise not using the boot-up drive. That doesn't mean Pro Tools >>> won't work. It'll record fine for limited numbers of tracks with few >>> plug-ins and relatively short lengths. The more you use the internal drive, >>> the more it will become fragmented. While that isn't generally a problem >>> under OS X, it all depends on the volume of work we're talking about. Put >>> it this way, for small things, it's OK but not advisable. A studio would >>> never record to the boot-up drive. It's asking for trouble. I would follow >>> the manufacturer's recommendations and keep the boot-up drive and media >>> drive separate. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:54 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>> >>>> Ahem, not sure i catch your drift there. How is your setup? My thought was >>>> to dedicate an external drive for PT and the operating system, but do i >>>> need another disk for the recordings? Can i not use the internal one for >>>> that, or is there a problem with that? >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>> 3 jan 2013 kl. 14:30 skrev Chris Norman <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> PT needs another drive to record onto? I'm using 1 HD here, and PT has >>>>> ran fine for the last 2 years or so LOL. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> On 03/01/2013, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, Things are never easy are they?:-) Ok, next question then is how big >>>>>> a >>>>>> partition do i need in order for ProTools to function correctly? I'll >>>>>> have >>>>>> to try to reorganize things on my internal hard drive. Lucky i have a >>>>>> readynas to play with. >>>>>> /Krister >>>>>> >>>>>> 3 jan 2013 kl. 02:32 skrev TheOreoMonster <[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> either the partitioning of the internal drive to have 2 versions of OSX >>>>>>> or >>>>>>> running it off an external drive. but remember pro tools will want >>>>>>> another >>>>>>> separate physical drive for recording thats not the drive with the OS on >>>>>>> it. So if you go the External HD route for Lion, you will i believe >>>>>>> still >>>>>>> need a second external hd for recording drive. >>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi folks. >>>>>>>> This week i'll probably get my protools with MBox bundle. My situation >>>>>>>> will be a bit on the odd side, you see i'm running an IMac with >>>>>>>> Mountain >>>>>>>> lion v10.8.2 and i don't want to downgrade, however something in PT is >>>>>>>> broken under Mountain lion which means i can't use PT as far as i >>>>>>>> understand. I had originally thought i would use a virtual machine with >>>>>>>> an earlier OsX version in it, but that may not be the ideal solution >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> this, so what is the best option for running Mountain lion for my >>>>>>>> non-musical work and an earlier os for PT? A partition on my internal >>>>>>>> hard drive?, a bootable external hard drive? Will the latter option be >>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>> good as an internal hard drive in terms of speed and so forth. I've got >>>>>>>> an external WD MYbook Studio with 1 TB that i could format and make it >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> disk for music, would that work? >>>>>>>> What other options are there? >>>>>>>> /Krister >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Take care, >>>>> >>>>> Chris Norman. >>>>> >>>>> <!-- [email protected] --> >>>> >>> >> >
