User Manual

Mbox User Guide68
FireWire Hard Drives
Avid recommends qualified FireWire drives and
(on Windows systems) a qualified FireWire host
adapter.
For complete information on track count and
the supported number and configuration of
FireWire drives, visit our website
(www.avid.com)
ATA/SATA Hard Drives
A qualified internal ATA/SATA drive may be
used as a dedicated audio drive.
For complete information on track count with
internal drives, refer to our website
(www.avid.com).
SCSI Hard Drives
Avid recommends qualified SCSI hard drives
and a qualified SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card
or (on Windows systems) a qualified built-in
SCSI HBA connector on the motherboard.
For complete information on track count and
the supported number and configuration of
SCSI drives, visit our website (www.avid.com).
Formatting an Audio Drive
Formatting Mac Audio Drives
For optimum performance, audio drives should
be formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
To format an audio drive:
1 Launch the Disk Utility application, located in
Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities.
2 Click the Erase tab.
3 Select the drive you want to initialize in the
column on the left side of the window.
4 Choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for-
mat.
5 Type a name for the new volume.
6 If you plan to connect the drive to a Mac OS 9
computer, select Install Mac OS 9 Drivers
(Mac OS 9 options only appear in 10.5 or below).
7 Click Erase.
The drive appears on the Desktop with the new
volume name.
Formatting Windows Audio Drives
For optimal performance, audio drives should
be formatted as NTFS.
Disk Utility (Mac OS X)
Do not choose the “Case-Sensitive” format
option. Pro Tools will not operate properly
with case-sensitive formatted drives.
Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types.
Do not convert the drive to a Dynamic type.