Daw and VST question

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2013/05/31 18:44:34 (permalink)

Daw and VST question

I have 3 Hard drives in my PC. OS is Intel SSD.
 
I have two regular 3.5" hard drives for (1) for samples\storage and (1) for audio.
 
If I change out the 2 regular HD's will that activate the authorization crap of all my VST's?
IOW, will that change the machine code (or whatever the plugs and Sonar, etc look at)?
 
I would like to think the machine code is based upon-os HD, Graphics cards, motherboard and possibly sound card and that any other drives-external or internal don't matter to the authorization method.
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    John
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    Re:Daw and VST question 2013/05/31 18:59:57 (permalink)
    Most of those should be in your registry.  For me I have removable HDs in treys and I have never had a problem swapping out an HD.

    Keep in mind that the system disk holds all the VSTs I have and that is where the registry is.


    I would think that some VSTs use some sort of code in some hidden file some where but that should be on your system disk too.  

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    Re:Daw and VST question 2013/05/31 19:34:10 (permalink)
    That's what I am hoping. My sample drive is clicking real bad and fails all smart test. I have backups so I have to give it a shot.
    I have WD Caviar Black SATAIII to replace it with. And my new board has 6G MB connectors.
    Thanks John

     
     
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    Re:Daw and VST question 2013/05/31 20:30:14 (permalink)
    like john says, most vsts are reg in the registry.

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    Re:Daw and VST question 2013/05/31 21:53:05 (permalink)
    Worked fine-replaced the drive-restored the sample backup from external HD and all the VST's work fine-all Isotopes, Kontakt, SSD Platinum 4, etc, etc
     
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    Thanks John and Thanks Chuck.

     
     
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