9073 error DIGI PLEASE HELP!!!

[audioworks]

I HAVE A DRIVE I USE TO RECORD A BAND'S ALBUM ON AND DURING PLAYBACK IT JUST STOPS AND I GET THE 9073 ERROR DRIVE TOO SLOW OR TOO FRAGMENTED. THE DRIVE HAS BEEN DEFRAGGED AND I STILL GET THE MESSAGE. NORTON UTILITIES JUST SITS ON IT DURING THE MEDIA SCAN IN DISK DOCTOR. I TRIED TO BACK UP INDIVIDUAL SONG FOLDERS ON CD ROM AND SOME SONGS WONT BACK UP ALL DATA- I GET AN ERROR THAT TELLS ME A CERTAIN FILE CANNOT BE READ DUE TO A DISK ERROR. IS THERE A WAY I CAN DUPLICATE THE TRACKS IN PRO TOOLS TO RECOVER THE FILES? OR IS THERE SOMETHING I COULD DO TO MAKE THE ERROR MESSAGE STOP? I AM RUNNING A 001 SYSTEM ON A BLUE WHITE G3-USING INTERNAL IDE MAXTOR DRIVES -20 GIG 5400 RPM- ANY INFO COULD HELP- I WOULD HATE TO LOSE THIS DATA!!! THANKS EDT

[Larbabe]

Sound as if the problem is exactly what the message says. At 5400 rpm your hard drive is just too slow. You should at least be running a 7200 rpm hard drive. You can pick up a decent one for under $100.00. I'm using a 10,000 rpm SCSI IBM Ultrastar & have had no such error messages on my G4. Do you have another drive you can transfer to? Perhaps you can borrow one from a friend. Good luck

[audioworks]

THANKS FOR THE REPLY- ACTUALLY I HAVE MAYBE 10 OR 11 DRIVES MOST OF THEM 7200 RPM- HOWEVER I HAVE TRIED TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DRIVE AND I GET SOME ERROR MESSAGES WHEN TRANSFERRING SOME OF THE AUDIO FILES FROM THE 5400- I GENERALLY USE THE 5400'S FOR ARCHIVING BUT THIS ONE BELONGS TO THE CLIENT AND ITS THE ONE THEY BROUGHT TO THE FIRST SESSION- I JUST RECENTLY STARTED TO HAVE THESE ISSUES WITH IT- I STARTED THE ALBUM OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND HAVE HAD GREAT LUCK WITH IT UP TILL NOW. THANKS

[DigiTechSupt]

Perhaps running a disk utility such as Disk Warrior can repair the drive so you can retrieve the data. Otherwise, you may have to send the drive to a data recovery service if the data is crucial.

In the meantime, you may try the following:
-Create a new session a use the File>Import Tracks function to move the data into the new session file and see how things go.

-Reset the computer's PRAM. To perform this, hold down the command+option+R+P keys immediately after you boot the Mac (and hear the first chime). Continue to hold those keys down until you hear the Mac chime 3 times, release the keys and allow the computer to boot to the desktop.

-Rebuild the Desktop file. Hold down the Apple+Option keys while the extensions march across the bottom of the screen during boot-up. Hold the keys down until you get a window prompting you and then Click “OK”.


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