Additional Hard Drive

Hi all.
 
I've reached the stage where my 2 existing disks are filling up rapidly, and have just ordered an extra 1TB internal SATA drive.
 
The scenario is this:
 
Current system consist of 2 physical disks.
 
Disk 1 is partioned C (System) and D (Samples)
Disk 2 (E) is for Projects
 
Disk 2 is fine and has plenty of space.
 
What I'd like to do is this:
 
1 - move all of my sample data across to the new disk
2 - remove the partion on Disk 1, freeing up valuable space.
 
So I would finish up with:
 
Disk 1 - System (C)
Disk 2 - Samples (D)
Disk 3 - Projects (E)
 
This way, I won't need to repoint any of my sample players as all samples wil still reference 'D'
 
What's the best way to achieve this?
 
Obviously, I'll do a full backup before proceeding, as well as creating a system image using Acronis.
 
Thanks,
 
 
Jonesey
 
 
 
 
 

I don't think there's anything non-standard with my samples.

The vast majority of them are either BFD2 (where you can freely specify the location), or EWQLSO (Kontakt version).

Here's hoping the entire process is as simple as that

On using an external drive for samples:

Yes. It will work.

I used a 500gb drive for my EWQL, Kontakt, and other samples. It worked perfectly fine. Loading was a bit slower than my current set up (new DAW internal SATA storage drive)

As long as the samples load to memory, and most do, AND you;re not trying to run 7 instances of kontakt all requiring the samples to be held in memory, you should be fine.

I since, bought a 1TB external for storage of projects and disk images.... and now use a 1TB internal storage drive for samples and projects I'm working on.

Plans are to get another 1TB internal for project storage, and use the 1TB external for back up.



EDIT: re pointing the synth to the new sample location is easy... just do it once.

The new drive was faulty out of the box.

Absolutely the best possible way for a drive to fail, no data loss, no intermittent failure, and still on replacement warranty if it was from a major manufacturer. Consider yourself sort of lucky.

I looked around for a PC with small form factor. I have an extra internal hard drive of a PC tower that is out there, and asked before buying, if possible, somewhere, in relation to the primary hard drive? I have heard these teams are relatively small, but I have never seen one in person. The additional hard drive is the size of a standard package of CD-ROM.

Most computers have only one hard drive, they started. In most cases, it is a trouble, open your computer need to replace or add additional space. Whether it is used for backing up your computer to keep a wide range of music collection, or just some extra storage