Cannot change drive to audio volume even after formatting
 

i have an iMac OS X 10.4.6 1.83 GHz Intel-mac, m-audio fastr track pro interface, and a lacie 250 firewire external hard drive. I have tried to reformat my drive many times now, and every time i try to change the record volume, it will not allow me to select "playback" or "record".


I used my hard drive on different pro tool set ups, and it worked just fine from the start. I know that my version of pro tools is compatable with the lacie hard drive because I've used it before. I feel like i have tried it all.

if anyone could offer any advice, i would really appreciate it.

thanks,

Re: Cannot change drive to audio volume even after formatting
 

Could be a permissions problem, so check to make sure those are set correctly.

Sometimes this happens to me, but I find that if I restart Pro Tools and power cycle the drive I'm OK.

Good luck.

Re: Cannot change drive to audio volume even after formatting
 

Have you tried trashing preference or database files yet?

How is the drive formatted, exactly?

Re: Cannot change drive to audio volume even after formatting
 

This is the info from the drive:

Name : LacieHD ProTools
Type : Volume

Disk Identifier : disk2s10
Mount Point : /Volumes/LacieHD ProTools
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : FireWire
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/PCIB@1E/FRWR@3/node@d04b6802054692/sbp-2@c000/@0:10
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 297C8EC3-33DC-3E97-9242-E6CABC72C4EE
Capacity : 232.8 GB (249,924,190,208 Bytes)
Free Space : 232.4 GB (249,585,090,560 Bytes)
Used : 303.3 MB (318,078,976 Bytes)
Number of Files : 38
Number of Folders : 13
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 2
Partition Number : 10


It's formatted as Apple_HFS. I used the Volume format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) when I Formatted the hard drive. I don't know what else I can do. I had a few friends who are experienced with ProTools look at it also and they are baffled as well. Do you have any other advice?

thanks,

Re: Cannot change drive to audio volume even after formatting
 

And yes I tried trashing the database files but not the preferences yet. how do i do that?

-thanks,

Re: Cannot change drive to audio volume even after formatting
 

Info on trashing prefs can be found in the OS X Setup and General Troubleshooting sticky at the top of this forum.

What version of Pro Tools are you running? If it's not 7.1.1 or higher, that could be the problem...