Specifications

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If the volume is “Healthy,” do the following:
• 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.
5 If the volume is “Unallocated,” do the following:
• 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.
• 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.
• Select “Perform a quick format.”
• Make sure “Enable file and folder compression” is
not selected.
• Set the Allocation unit size to Default.
• Click OK.
Healthy volumes are volumes that have previ-
ously been partitioned and formatted.
Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types. Do
not convert the drive to a Dynamic type
.
Digidesign recommends using Primary parti-
tions, instead of Extended partitions.
Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types. Do
not convert the drive to a Dynamic type
.