[casperfun]

I had error hell at one time. If all else fails and you just want to record anything. This is what I did:

I ditched my usb/firewire external drive used it for archiving only.

Try this if your only truly desperate which I was.

Partition your internal system drive. With todays hard drive space you have plenty of room for your music. Start recording there. Yes against all tradional conventions but I was desperate. Now I can record more then 20 tracks and use a fair amount of plug-ins. Rewire reason adapted and ableton lite live. Most importantly I can make music with my set-up. That's all that matters to me.