why won't pro tools recognize my hard drive?

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ranell S

I just bought a new external hard drive, my book home edition 1T. When i go to start a new session on Pro Tools and save it to this external drive it wont let me. The only drive that remains an option is my hard drive. I see my external in the list but its in the gray and I can't choose it. What is going on? Have I wasted my money?

Answer
The Western Digital My Book drives use the Initio Firewire bridge chip, which doesn't meet the requirements for Pro Tools systems.. The requirement is an Oxford 911, 912 or 924 bridge chip..

That being said, the bridge chip is most likely NOT the cause of what you are describing. It is probably a file system/format issue.



Here are the format requirements for the current version Pro Tools 7.4:

Mac OS X = "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" aka "HFS+"
Windows XP/Vista = "NTFS"
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You can check what format the drive is in by doing the following:

Mac OS X:
- Right click on the drive icon from the desktop and choose "Get Info" (You can also hold "command" key and click it)
- Under the "General" section it should reveal the format..

Windows XP/Vista:
- Click the start button and choose "My Computer" (or "Computer on Vista)
- Right click on the drive icon and choose "Properties", it should reveal the format..
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Most drives come out of the box formatted as "FAT 32", which on a mac might read as "MS-DOS".. this won't work without "re-formatting"


You can use either "Disk Utility" built into your Mac, or "Disk Management" built into your Windows machine to "re-format" the drive.


********** REMEMBER ***********
You will be ERASING and reformatting the disk, BACKUP all data from the drive first as it will be gone permanently.

what are the pros and cons for soft modding a wii and hardmodding?

ag1000

can you still use an external hard drive if your wii is hard modded ?!
i am currently deciding what i should do and i know its simply to soft mod and that it would be free obviously but at the same time i dont mind spending a little money for getting it hard modded.

Answer
As ivantop said, softmodding is a lot easier and has almost no risk of bricking your console providing instructions are followed correctly. My favorite tool is ModMii because it's the simplest to use and does the fastest work, allowing you to install homebrew, run games from a backup drive, and playback DVD's. Sure hardmodding can do the same, but it costs money, has its' risks of the chips not being soldered correctly, and is kind of pointless considering that softmodding does everything hardmodding does.

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