Problems on recording on different partition

I've set 3 partitions on my disk for better sharing between operating systems. (I'm currently using Debian and Windows).

So I asked Sonar X1 to use my data partition for the audio files, and I've finally found that my Sonar wouldn't record (only noise!) properly because of that, after trying to record on my Windows NTFS file system. My data partition is an ext4.

Is there a way of making that work? 

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the quick reply. Will surely take that in consideration. =)

While I don't have money for the second drive, is it a file system problem? Should I format it to NTFS?

Hey bacon, I use separate drives for 2x OS, Audio, Plugins. All are NTFS and all work correctly without any problems.

You should use seperate drives and NOT seperate partitions because...

1. A single HDD has one set of read/write heads, they can not read from two or more sections of the disk at once.

2. Using multiple HDDs you get a set of R/W heads for EACH HDD. Not only does this mean you can access multiple files simultaneously, but the total data transfer speed goes up with each HDD you add.  Total speed is them limited by the controler, not the HDD.

3. Two 500Gb drives linked as a striped pair will give faster data transfer than a single 1Tb drive.

You should use seperate drives and NOT seperate partitions

 
Personally I use two drives - but the drives are also partitioned.

 
Two 500Gb drives linked as a striped pair will give faster data transfer than a single 1Tb drive.

 
I used RAID 0 for many years but don't any more as the speed boost with modern drives/SATA chips isn't really worth the risks of data loss or the hassle of having to replace the pair if a single disc fails. Again, in my opinion. 
 
RAID 0 (and for reads only RAID 1) does still give some speed increase, though RAID 0 only makes the second half of the array approximate the front half of one of the drives used stand-alone at best. Without partitioning Windows will write to anywhere on the array, so even with RAID 0 partitioning has its uses to maximise data throughput.
 
Speed tests I ran some time ago indicated the benefits of RAID 0 with modern SATA drives are far less than with previous technologies, especially if the data drive is partitioned such that is uses its outer sectors for streaming. In my experience though the SATA chip on the motherboard then starts to become a limiting factor.
 
I guess the ideal would be six drives arranged as three RAID 0 pairs with a meticulous backup strategy, all drives "short stroked" to only use the first 50% of their capacity (or the second half used for storing backups and stuff you don't need to access "at speed"), plus enough SATA interfaces to handle the data flow at peak.
 
Mind you, the resulting PC would be noisy and need a hefty psu unless the drives are SSDs, in which case any speed boosts from RAID become unnecessary in the real world (and I strongly suspect the SATA interface itself would be overloaded before the drive throughput was maxed out).
 
As I said though, this is all just my opinion, but it is based on some empirical research.

Thank'yall!

Gonna format it to NTFS for now. I dont know where to backup my 122gb stuff, though. 

=)