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Old 05-26-2013, 06:36 PM
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Hello,
I'm using Protools 8 HD2 accel with Windows XP service pack 2 (can't install SP3... Long story)
I read 8 is only qualified for SP3. From time to time I get hard drive errors stating the drive is too slow or fragmented to read and record. Hard drive is defraged with over 500 gigs free. It's not a green drive, it's a Western Digital Black 1TB.
It errors about every 5 to 8 hours on average but sometimes a few times an hour.
Does it sound like SP3 would stabilize my system?
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Old 05-26-2013, 07:37 PM
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Not necessarily. Just because it's not qualified doesn't mean there's a specific incompatibility. You don't mention if the drive you're trying to record to is your boot drive. If it is, then that's a big problem. You need to be recording to a 2nd internal drive or an external firewire drive via compatible firewire adapter (TI based). If you're using an external USB drive, that's a problem too.

If all the above is satisfied, I would do a low level NTFS reformat of the drive in question.


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Old 05-26-2013, 08:03 PM
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thanks for the reply. I'm not recording to the boot drive.
THe hard drive I'm using is brand new and just formated
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Old 05-26-2013, 08:10 PM
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Please read this thread and post a Sandra report. http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=336556


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Hello,
I'm using Protools 8 HD2 accel with Windows XP service pack 2 (can't install SP3... Long story)
I read 8 is only qualified for SP3.
Tested and officially qualified with SP3, but this is what it says:
Pro Tools HD 8 for Windows Compatibility
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Windows XP Service Pack 3
April 23, 2008 — Digidesign has officially qualified Windows XP Service Pack 3 with all products listed as qualified with Windows XP Service Pack 2, including systems with Avid video. There are currently no known compatibility differences between systems with XP SP2 or SP3. All compatibility information regarding Windows XP Service Pack 2 also applies to systems with Windows XP Service Pack 3.

Pro Tools HD 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.1, and 8.1.1 are officially qualified with Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (not tested with SP1 or SP2).
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Old 05-26-2013, 08:37 PM
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update.
I disabled my firewire driver and the system didn't crash in a session that used to.
Thanks for the thread! I am still going to do a sandra report
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