Recording to a 2nd Harddrive, dropouts

Hi all, so I'm trying to record onto a 2nd SATA internal hard drive and Sonar 8.5 keeps dropping out on me.  I switch my song to my "C:" drive, no problem.  What gives?  I have my MOTU set to 512 samples per buffer.  I'm a long time Sonar user and can't figure this one out.

I'm using 8.5 producer as mentioned, Win7 64, 4g of ram, an old, but useful MOTU 828 with the latest and only driver. 

any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Will

(haven't been to this forum in a looooong time) it's good to come back

I believe it is a 'green' drive.  But how can it shut down in the middle of it being used?  I don't get it.  Or are you saying that it because it has an ability to shut down, that's the issue?  Even still, I don't want to record on my c: drive, or an external for that matter, part of why I bought it, to be internal.

thanks for your help, I'll see what else I can find about it

another friendly face! :)  I have samples on that drive as well, but haven't really played with them yet.  I do mostly acapella stuff by my self, and occasionally make a Karaoke track for someone.  But the 64 is totally new as is Windows 7, so I'm not surprised that something as elementary as dropouts are occurring.  

I can try the power settings.  That could do it.  Not sure what my C drive is spinning at, I would imagine 7200rpms as I usually  make sure that they spin that fast.  C Drive is a 500g and my other is a Terrabyte. 

And I totally agree with you on the incandescent deal, I have yet to switch to the 'new' bulbs, I don't like the white light.  

Thanks for the tip!  I'll repost if it works.

Also they lie about the light output of the CFLs, for example, they may say the bulb puts out the same light as a 60 watt bulb and if you compare the two, its not even close to a 60W bulb. I have to buy the ones that are the equivalent of a 100W bulb to get the same light as a 60W incandescent. 

Have you tried to buy a ceiling fan lately? You cannot get one that uses incandescent bulbs in the light fixture. CFLS were supposed to be a choice, not a mandate. I have some CFLs but I use them where I don't care about the quality of the light because I think the light they put out is ugly. I much prefer Reveals. 

Is the larger drive formatted as one big partition, or split? The latter would be normal for non-audio applications since it makes more efficient use of the space, but the former is more efficient for reading and writing and will perform better for audio.

I'd start with a disk benchmark utility and see what the transfer rates are on the two drives.

If they're different it may be due to different onboard cache sizes or some configuration option. Some drives have separate settings that favor performance over low noise and power consumption. Check the documentation that came with the 1TB drive and see if there are maybe some jumper settings. Some come preconfigured for compatibility with older interfaces and you have to tell them to use SATA3. You may also have a BIOS setting that tells the interface what speed to use.

This is a misguided agenda, a case of the technologically ignorant dictating their fantasy energy solutions to everyone else.

I wish this were a victory for the tree-huggers, but if so then you have to ask yourself how these feel-good-greenies were able to pull off one of the most politically unpopular government annoyances of the century, when they have been woefully incapable of any meaningful action to preserve the environment.

In fact, the force behind this legislation is the vastly more powerful "energy" industry. It can cost upward of a billion dollars to build a new small power plant--many billions if you count the only environmentally appropriate nuclear variety. It seems counter-intuitive, but the people who sell you your electricity are doing quite well thank you with current levels of production and would prefer to raise the price per kilowatt hour rather than invest in new power plants. They make more by selling less at a higher price. That is why your local utility is always offering to subsidize your insulation project, haul off your extra refrigerator, check your air conditioner to see if it is efficient or (you guessed it) give away free compact fluorescent bulbs.

As always credit for what looks like an enlightened government policy has to go to the wealthy and powerful who have the money and lobbyists to get what makes them richer. It is a highly sophisticated (both technologically and economically) force that has brought us to the end of hot filaments in glass globes.

Also check to make sure the second drive is operating in DMA mode (check the Windows Device Manager) and not PIO mode.