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Old 02-07-2011, 06:23 AM
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I've had Pro Tools 9 installed on my computer for a few months now and all of a sudden, it will not start up. When I click to open I get the hourglass for a few seconds then nothing... I've uninstalled, reinstalled, .. tried everything.

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Old 02-07-2011, 06:53 AM
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I've had Pro Tools 9 installed on my computer for a few months now and all of a sudden, it will not start up. When I click to open I get the hourglass for a few seconds then nothing... I've uninstalled, reinstalled, .. tried everything.

win 7 64, core i7, avid mbox
If ya did a back up id just restore to that. I had a prob like this and never made a back up (doh) and i had to reinstall everything which was a pain so from now on i always keep a system image (acronis) which i can restore back to save alot of time and agro.

Hope this helps a bit
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Old 02-07-2011, 07:05 AM
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yea i didnt create a back up and reinstalling everything really isn't an option.. i have tons of games and software on this drive, it would take way too long.. if anything ill just throw windows xp on a new drive and run protools on that.. but hopefully theres a fix
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Old 02-07-2011, 07:08 AM
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just saw that it says on the faq that there is an issue with IE8 causing PT not to start. I have not had any problems so far, but so you know...
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Old 02-07-2011, 07:29 AM
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I disabled internet explorer 8, still not launching.
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Old 02-07-2011, 09:13 AM
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Running games and other non-music software on a Pro Tools DAW is sometimes a nightmare. Your Idea of a separate drive for PT may the way to go.
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Running games and other non-music software on a Pro Tools DAW is sometimes a nightmare. Your Idea of a separate drive for PT may the way to go.
That would be my recommendation as well. Something like this
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...2354&CatId=285
would be handy for system drives. I actually use this and a triple version for all my hard drives in my PT machine.
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Old 02-07-2011, 09:45 AM
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i actually have that exact swap bay.. when i first got pro tools i used it, i had xp on 1 drive and 7 on another.. i just got tired of swapping. i may just build another computer.. one for gaming, one for music
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