[ddots-l] Re: formatting hard drives for audio

I'd had similar weirdness with an external usb drive
that I'd tried out on an Apple OS X machine.  When I
tried to reformat it on the XP machine it wouldn't let
me.  So I put it back on the Apple machine and erased
it [if my memory serves me].

I'd seen similar oddities when I had a linux system
drive that I wanted to use on a windows box.  I had to
use a linux utility to wipe it then I could have
windows see it was unformatted and proceed.

Doug

--- Ilkster <The_Ilkster@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi George,
> 
> I'm having a bit of trouble adding this hard disk to
> the system and wonder 
> if you(or anyone)  have any suggestions.  Here's the
> problem:
> 
> Device manager recognizes the Glyph disk drive, and
> says in the general tab 
> of the properties dialog that it's working properly.
>  But, it doesn't show 
> up in either windows explorer, or My computer.  I
> need to re-format it for 
> windows XP, but can't see it in windows.
> 
> To get to this point I did the following:
> with computer off, I connected all cables and
> powered up the glyph and the 
> computer.
> per glyph's instructions in the user manual, I went
> to administrative tools, 
> selecting computer management, then disk management,
> and found the "unknown" 
> disk in the list along with the C drive and my CD
> drive(which were both 
> "known" and "healthy".  I right-clicked on the
> unknown disk and selected 
> "initialize".
> Well, up came a dialog with the disk listed in a
> list box(sole entry) and an 
> OK and Cancel button.  I selected the list entry,
> and the OK button 
> disappeared leaving only the cancel button.  I then
> de-selected the entry 
> and the OK button re-appeared.  I re-selected it and
> pressed enter on the 
> list entry.
> 
> 
> the status of the glyph changed to online and
> unallocated.
> 
> and that's where things lay now.  the disk is
> considered initialized, but I 
> can't find it in windows explorer or my computer to
> format it.
> 
> Sorry for the long-winded post.  Can you help?  I
> will be calling glyph on 
> Monday, but hey, that's a whole day away and this is
> a new toy that won't 
> work-you know how that is.
> 
> thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:08 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: formatting hard drives for
> audio
> 
> 
> I've formatted many drives under XP, and these days
> one does
> not have to handle Clusters, etc..
> 
> The only thing you MAY wish to do is to partition
> the drive
> into smaller drives, but that is your choice and
> depends on
> your requirements.
> 
> George.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ilkster
> Sent: 25 February 2006 21:48
> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: formatting hard drives for
> audio
> 
> Thanks George,
> 
> What about formatting options?  Any ideas?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:21 PM
> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: formatting hard drives for
> audio
> 
> 
> Hi Ilkster,
> 
> NTFS is the most stable and secure format in this
> situation.
> 
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd., U.K.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ilkster
> Sent: 25 February 2006 21:10
> To: ddots-l
> Subject: [ddots-l] formatting hard drives for audio
> 
> Hello listers,
> 
> Well, I went out and bought a 120 GB 7200rpm Glyph
> firewire
> hard drive for
> use with my laptop, and I think I'll be happy with
> it-looks
> well-built.
> That is, once I get a 6 to 4 pin conversion cable
> for
> it($35-darned laptop
> jacks).  Anyway, , I'll need to format it(its
> pre-formatted
> for MAC, but not
> for PC's), and I have a few questions.
> 
> File system?  Ntfs or FAT32-is either preferable-my
> laptop
> disk is NTFS, but
> I don't think they both have to be the same format?
> 
> Also, If I'm presented with the opportunity to
> select things
> like allocation
> units, cluster sizes etc, is there any "best fit"
> settings
> for audio use?
> Will such specialized formatting settings
> necessitate
> changes to sonar's I/O
> buffer settings?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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