Formatting An Audio Drive - DigiDesign Mbox 2 Micro Getting Started Manual

Formatting an Audio Drive

Formatting Windows Audio Drives
(Windows Only)
For optimal performance, audio drives should be for-
matted as NTFS.
To format an audio drive:
On Windows Vista, choose Start.
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Right-click Computer (Windows Vista) or My Computer
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(Windows XP) and choose Manage.
Under Storage, choose Disk Management.
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Disk Management window (Windows XP)
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If the volume is "Healthy," do the following:
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Healthy volumes are volumes that have previ-
ously been partitioned and formatted.
• In the Disk Management window, right-click the
hard drive you will use for audio and choose For-
mat.
• In the Format window, name the volume.
• Choose a file system. For optimum performance,
audio drives should be formatted as NTFS.
• Select "Perform a quick format."
• Make sure "Enable file and folder compression" is
not selected.
• Set the Allocation unit size to Default.
• Click OK.
Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types. Do
not convert the drive to a Dynamic type
If the volume is "Unallocated," do the following:
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• In the Disk Management window, right-click the
hard drive you will use for audio and choose New
Partition.
• In the New Partition Wizard window, click Next.
• When prompted, select the partition type.
Digidesign recommends using Primary parti-
tions, instead of Extended partitions.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to select a parti-
tion size and other partition settings.
• When prompted, choose a file system. For opti-
mum performance, audio drives should be format-
ted as NTFS.
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