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ProTools save session on ext HD
Name: Suzanne Date: May 14, 2003 at 18:17:51 Pacific OS: OS 9.2.2 CPU/Ram: G4
Comment:
Hello!
i am very, very new to the Mac. we have a G4 and we are running out of space on the hard drive. first we purchased a USB drive - we tried to use "Save session copy in" command but received the following error (could not save a copy in " " because: a disk error occurred -120)...then we tried to "click and drag" the folder (pro tools file and audio file folder) to the new hard drive...when we tried to open the session we received this error (dae error -51 was encountered)...when using "save session as" command the file is saved on the new hard drive but not the audio file(s).
Pro tool help desk said the reason was that Pro Tools does not support USB...so we purchased a FireWire drive......same problems.
We desperately need to transfer some sessions over to the new hard drive to free up the space...any suggestions??
Thank you for taking the time to read and respond! Suzanne
Name: paxcirca Date: May 14, 2003 at 20:04:44 Pacific
Reply:
I assume that these are USB or FireWire hard drives, because you don't say otherwise.
First, I wouldn't use a USB hard drive in the first place. The transfer speeds are viciously slow. A FireWire drive is going to be a lot better for you.
Second, have you initialized and formatted either drive? If you haven't, they aren't going to work. If worse comes to worse, you could take the firewire drive out of its housing and install it as an ATA drive inside the G4.
----paxcirc.a-
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Response Number 2
Name: Suzanne Date: May 15, 2003 at 07:45:55 Pacific
Reply:
i'm sorry...i thought I was very clear about the drives. the first one we bought was USB...pro tools informed us that they do not support USB...second one is FireWire...same problems.
and how do i initialize and format the drives?
thank you.
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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle Date: May 15, 2003 at 10:25:24 Pacific
Reply:
Drive Setup should be able to format them.
p
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Response Number 4
Name: Suzanne Date: May 15, 2003 at 12:14:55 Pacific
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both drives (USB & FireWire) were listed as on Drive Setup...what does this mean??
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: May 15, 2003 at 13:36:24 Pacific
Reply:
So format them...
p
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Response Number 6
Name: Suzanne Date: May 15, 2003 at 14:13:11 Pacific
Reply:
ooops! sorry...my last post was cut off...both drives were listed as "not supported"...what does that mean?
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Response Number 7
Name: the pickle Date: May 15, 2003 at 14:47:59 Pacific
Reply:
There should be formatting software that came with the drives. See if that works.
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