Using Mac Drives On Windows Systems - DigiDesign Mbox 2 Pro Getting Started Manual

Defragmenting Windows Audio Drives
To defragment an audio drive (Windows Vista):
Choose Start > Control Panel.
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Click System and Maintenance.
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Click Performance Information and Tools.
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Click Advanced Tools.
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Click Open Disk Defragmenter.
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In the Disk Defragmenter window, click the
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Defragment Now button.
The Defragment Now command defrag-
ments all your hard drives. This can take a
lot of time, especially on systems with mul-
tiple drives.
Advanced users can use the command line
tool Defrag.exe to defragment individual
drives. See your Windows Vista documen-
tation for more information.
To defragment an audio drive (Windows XP):
Right-click My Computer and choose Man-
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age.
Under Storage, choose Disk Defragmenter.
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In the Disk Defragmenter window, choose the
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drive you want to defragment
Click the Defragment button and follow the
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on-screen instructions.
When defragmenting is complete, close the
Computer Management window.
Using Mac Drives on Windows
Systems
Pro Tools for Windows lets you record and play
back sessions directly from a Mac-formatted
(HFS+) drive connected to a Windows system.
This functionality requires that all Mac session
and audio files be stored on Mac-formatted
drives.
During Pro Tools installation, make sure to se-
lect the Mac HFS+ Disk Support option. This op-
tion lets your Pro Tools system read, write,
record, and play back using Mac-formatted HFS+
disks.
For information on using the Mac HFS+
Disk Support option, see the Mac HFS+ Disk
Support Option Guide.
For information on sharing sessions be-
tween Mac and Windows systems, see the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.
Formatting and Maintaining HFS+
Drives
To format and partition any drives as HFS+, con-
nect the drives to a Mac computer and use the
Apple OS X Disk Utility.
Appendix C: Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance 67