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Warwick
12-25-2004, 11:39 PM
I've just invested in Mbox/LE 6.4 setup, and I have an internal 40Gig system drive and an external 80Gig hard drive, is it and will it be a problem that the external drive runs USB 1.0? Is it possible to record and store files on the External Drive, and use it as a dedicated Audio Drive?
albee1952
12-26-2004, 07:53 AM
best guess is no as it is not fast enough. You really need firewire or USB2. I recommend adding a second internal drive for now.(Tiger Direct has a Maxstor on sale for $39.99 after rebate this week only). Next month, go get a USB2 or firewire card($30-40) or a combo Adaptec DuoConnect with both. You can still backup to your USB 1 drive, but you would need to move the files back onto your internal drive to run them.
Warwick
12-26-2004, 07:59 AM
thanx for your advice, much appreciated.
Allen Hallada
12-26-2004, 08:16 AM
I've just invested in Mbox/LE 6.4 setup, and I have an internal 40Gig system drive and an external 80Gig hard drive, is it and will it be a problem that the external drive runs USB 1.0? Is it possible to record and store files on the External Drive, and use it as a dedicated Audio Drive?



Or go to Best Buy and get the WD 80 GB 8mb cache drive for 25.00 now with rebates. My favorite drive for PTLE. I would record to an internal drive and use the external for backup and transfering sessions.
Allen