Is it best to simply uninstall Sonar and reinstall sonar if I want all my data stuff to be on the SDD drive?  Seeing some strange behavior so wondering If a reinstall of Sonar and all extra stuff I have is in order... Here is the problem I'm seeing

I moved my cakewalk\audio folders to the new hard drive and set the Global Projects folder in the Settings dialog to point to this new folder. 
I opened up a project that I had been working, I'm getting audio but my Superior Drums wont play from within Sonar.  However, if I load up my Superior Drums outside of sonar, I can get them to play fine in the Toontrack Solo player.

Again, would a fresh install be the way to go here?  Not only that, but I'd like to ensure that all VSTs, all of Sonar's library files are all on this new SSD as well.  As I understand it, it's best to have Sonar run off my main hard drive, but all the libs and what not to be stored on the SSD... yes?

If you have the patience for it, a clean install of everything on the new drive will give you the best chance of a trouble free setup. Understanding where the installer put everything in the old installation and how to tell the new installation where to find everything is possible, but perhaps more work than it is worth.

I have more patience for uninstalling and reinstalling than I do trying to tinker around with config settings and what not. 

BTW, would it really be that bad if I installed EVERYTHING Sonar related on the SSD?  Meaning, Sonar, the libraries, all my Toontrack software?  I know you guys suggest installing sonar on one drive, then have all the libraries on another drive, but... I was running everything off on main single drive and it ran fine and it was just a platter drive... 

It all depends on the size of the SSD and how many/size  regular HDD's you have

It's an Intel SSD 480 gigs.
My platter drive is a 580 gig. 

That's a fair size for a SSD Rick.

I would load the OS, Progs, Plugins and all Cakewalk Content onto the SSD and use the HDD for your Cakewalk Projects.

There's little or no benefit from having these on the SSD

I got me an SSD about two weeks ago and did a fresh reinstall of X2. I let X2 install everything on the SSD and have all my Projects on the HDD. Everything's running smooth as a baby's butt ;)

FullBug


I got me an SSD about two weeks ago and did a fresh reinstall of X2. I let X2 install everything on the SSD and have all my Projects on the HDD. Everything's running smooth as a baby's butt ;)

Yup, similar.  Full X2 & libraries installed to SSD on Windows 7 (x64) and everything is super smooth.  I also use the SSD for the 'Cakewalk Projects' folder, but as I finish each project, I move the whole project over to my HDD Raid 0 drives for permanent storage and also back-up the project to external USB Drives. 

Bristol_Jonesey


That's a fair size for a SSD Rick.

I would load the OS, Progs, Plugins and all Cakewalk Content onto the SSD and use the HDD for your Cakewalk Projects.

There's little or no benefit from having these on the SSD

Yeah i know i splurged... Along with a new motherboard, cpu and ram. 
Alright cool.. I'll load it all up on the SDD... I guess Intel has some utility that allows you to transfer everything to the SSD and if I'm correct, can make that your new OS drive as well.  Have to check that out. Sounds cool.