Hi Jack: I've never done it before, should the files on the drive be removed for safety sake? or is it okay to reformat it without first backing up the contents of the disk? Robert. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Conti" <jackconti@xxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:11 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Reformatting Second Audio hard Drive?
right just did it recently here. probably the best wayh to do. At 12:54 PM 9/10/2010, you wrote:Yes, in my opinion. Audio files tend to be very large, so wasted space is not as much an issue, and larger sector/clusters will read/write faster. Dave Created in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 09:03 Subject: [ddots-l] Reformatting Second Audio hard Drive? Hi folks. Is it still generally recommended to format a drive that is specifically for audio with a larger cluster size? This is on an older XP machine. thanks Chris PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faqPLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribeFor other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq
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