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Windows 7 / PT8.0.3 doesn't recognize internal hdd
I recently finished building a new Windows 7 64-bit quad-core pc for a friend, for use exclusively to run Pro Tools.
I followed the instructions for using the 64-bit Windows 7 beta drivers w/ 8.0.3 and MBox 2, and everything installed and operates perfectly -- with one caveat. Pro Tools does not recognize the Audio drive, a 1 TB Western Digital. Oddly, Windows 7 recognized the drive during installation and subsequently listed it among the drives available for use in the "Computer Management" utility -- but it did not partition or format the drive during installation. I had to do so manually after installation was complete. I set the volume name to "Audio" and assigned it drive letter A:. The drive now works normally in all circumstances except with Pro Tools. Attempting to create a new session, it says "Pro Tools does not support unmapped network volumes". The thing is, it in an internal drive not a network drive. The machine is not even connected to a network or the internet, and the Ethernet port is disabled in the BIOS. The A: drive also does not show up in the Pro Tools media browser (or whatever it's called -- the window where you can drag any of the stock loops to the timeline). As a test, I created a temporary session on the system drive (C:, a ~360 gb Western Digital) and everything works fine. I had started Pro Tools up one time before I realized that Windows 7 had not yet made the audio drive operations. I read online that that could cause issues, so I completely uninstalled Pro Tools and installed from scratch again in case it was a property file issue or something, but it didn't change anything. Perhaps there is a Pro Tools property file somewhere that contains a list of valid drives that didn't get deleted during uninstall? I'm running out of ideas and would greatly appreciate any suggestions. Thanks! |
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Re: Windows 7 / PT8.0.3 doesn't recognize internal hdd
First assign a letter other than A, B, or C,. Then be sure you have formatted it NTFS "basic" and report back.
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Re: Windows 7 / PT8.0.3 doesn't recognize internal hdd
I don't know whats wrong ,but I would N-E-V-E-R assign the letter A: for a hard disk.In my opinion ,try changing the assigned letter with something more sensible, like G: or H: .
Also are you sure you have made a Primary partition on that disc ?and then properly formatted this partition ? These are just my thoughts and suggestions ,I hope will help |
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Re: Windows 7 / PT8.0.3 doesn't recognize internal hdd
If there was an "embarrassed" smiley emoticon on this forums, you can bet I'd be using it right now.
The issue was just the drive letter. Ordinarily I would just let the OS select a letter, but I know my buddy is planning on adding another hard-drive later on and I wanted to ensure there were no "dynamically-assigned" drive letter conflicts when he does, so I just manually assigned A:. Not sure why that would freak it out, but it did. All is well after switching to G:. Thanks for the guidance! |
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Re: Windows 7 / PT8.0.3 doesn't recognize internal hdd
A: and B: drive letters are traditionally tied to floppy/removable volumes.
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