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Capture · #1 05-03-2007, 05:57 AM

Hey guys,

I bought a couple WD firewire externals...one to use on a MAC and the other on a PC.
When running Protools LE 7.3.1cs2 on a PC, I have no trouble running it on the WD drive.
However, whenever I try to run the other one on a MAC, it always gives me the message "drive cannot be designated as an audio record volume because it is not a valid audio record volume."

I can copy to and from the drive in MAC OS (10.4.8), however protools just won't let me use it...any suggestions

Thanks

DigiTechSupt · #2 05-03-2007, 08:46 AM

the drive is likely formatted MS-DOS. On the Mac system, "Get info" on the drive to check this. Drives must be formatted as MacOS Extended in order for Pro Tools to recognize them as valid for recording/playback.

regards,

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