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[kyluigi]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

Sure you can, but why would you assume that a dedicated audio drive using an old-technology spinning 7,200 RPM HDD would work better than sharing the mind-numbingly fast PCIe flash system/boot drive.

I'm not assuming anything- I just thought it would be a shame to let a 1 year old drive go to waste even if I'm not using the computer anymore. As far as its purpose (recording,samples,backup) I'm not sure yet but I was just hoping someone could point me in the direction of how to reformat it since it was initially used on a windows machine. Just to clarify my intentions.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by kyluigi

I'm not assuming anything- I just thought it would be a shame to let a 1 year old drive go to waste even if I'm not using the computer anymore. As far as its purpose (recording,samples,backup) I'm not sure yet but I was just hoping someone could point me in the direction of how to reformat it since it was initially used on a windows machine. Just to clarify my intentions.

Erase option in the OS X Disk Utility: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app

If you can get away with it best use would be backup. Samples or Audio or anything else that stop you working without needing the boat anchor attached is a pain in the neck.

[kyluigi]

Only been on it for a few minutes after I set it up and all I can say is DANG this thing is FAST! The screen looks awesome as well. Can't wait until I can get Pro Tools 11 hopefully soon! Thanks everyone for your help :) Best forum on the net.