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Old 08-10-2011, 02:50 PM
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Default How to Install a new Hard Drive the "Pro Tools way"

I just bought a new 2tb hard drive using windows 7 x64 and want to make sure that i set it up the correct way for pro tools. I wanted to know if I should initialize the partition as a MBR or GPT. I know it should be basic as well. If there is anything else I need to know please let me know.
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Old 08-10-2011, 02:53 PM
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Default Re: How to Install a new Hard Drive the "Pro Tools way"

forgot to add that I also want to move my pro tools files off my C drive to the new drive
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Old 08-10-2011, 02:56 PM
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I would install all software new if moving to a new system, IMHO.
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Old 08-10-2011, 03:04 PM
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The system itself is not new just installing a second drive since Pro Tools doesn't support recording on the boot partition. My system started crashing during saves and wanted to add the second drive to see if that would fix it
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Old 08-10-2011, 03:33 PM
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The system itself is not new just installing a second drive since Pro Tools doesn't support recording on the boot partition. My system started crashing during saves and wanted to add the second drive to see if that would fix it
Oh, so you mean you are upgrading to meet the system requirements.

Just a standard NTFS is fine. Make sure you move the entire session folders to the new drive. Or better yet... Use Save Copy In.
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Cool so should I initialize as a MBR or GUID?
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Old 08-10-2011, 03:42 PM
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Cool so should I initialize as a MBR or GUID?
GUID is only really necessary if you intend to ever plug the drive into a Mac.
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NTFS and BASIC are the 2 important details. All handled from the My Computer>Manage>Disk Management window.
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thanks for the help all!
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If you move your existing sessions from one drive to another, be sure to go into "Setup" and "Disk Allocation" for each session and change the pointers from the old drive letter to the new one. You can select all the tracks by clicking on the first one, holding shift and clicking on the last one. Otherwise, you're going to wind up with tracks and folders stored all over the place.
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