Just an update on this issue, I reinstalled Sonar 8.5.3 and managed to salvage it that way, I didn't think you could open X1 files in 8.5.3 but you can! well enough to copy and pasty the tracks over to X1 just got to mix everything again

I realize this is a long-dead thread, but I've started experiencing what I think is the same issue lately. If I open a project immediately after launching Sonar I get an 0xc0000005 error. Interestingly, if I let Sonar sit for a minute or two and then open a project it's fine.

I ran a memory check and my RAM's good. I even reinstalled Windows recently and that didn't have any effect on it.

Has anybody else had this problem and resolved it without some sort of workaround? I'd rather get down to the root of the issue. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

I think I found the culprit, though I wish I knew more, specifically, about what was causing the issue.
 
I recently purchased a 2TB WD My Passport external hard drive. If it's plugged in when I launch Sonar and I open up a project right away, it crashes 99% of the time. If I unplug it before launching Sonar, I can open a project immediately without issue.

Additionally, I've discovered that having it plugged in when I turn my computer on, significantly slows down my boot time.

Anyone have thoughts about why this might be happening? I have other external drives and they've never caused either of these issues.

Thanks.

benjaminfrog


I think I found the culprit, though I wish I knew more, specifically, about what was causing the issue.
 
I recently purchased a 2TB WD My Passport external hard drive. If it's plugged in when I launch Sonar and I open up a project right away, it crashes 99% of the time. If I unplug it before launching Sonar, I can open a project immediately without issue.

Additionally, I've discovered that having it plugged in when I turn my computer on, significantly slows down my boot time.

Anyone have thoughts about why this might be happening? I have other external drives and they've never caused either of these issues.

Thanks.

I just got a 3TB drive for holding samples, and figured hey, I'll just plug it in, copy over my samples and rock on! 
 
So I plug it in and Windows shows 740GB or something like that. Ooops. I turned to the troubleshooting section of the Seagate manual, and it says "if you're getting the '740GB' error message..."

This then meant a trip to the Intel web site, where it queried my computer and said "you need stuff, click here." Long story short: Nothing really worked the way Seagate said it would, and the Intel site was like a Chinese puzzle, but somehow it ended up working. You may need a driver update too...or not...who knows.

Hi, Craig. Thanks for your response.

I hadn't thought about the driver for it given that it's a PnP device, but after reading your post I downloaded/installed the most recent one from WD; unfortunately, that didn't resolve it. It's not the end of the world unplugging it and plugging it back in, but it would be nice to find a solution so don't have to do that manual step every time I start the computer or launch Sonar.

Glad you got your Seagate working. I'll keep trying on my WD. Anyone else with suggestions, please chime in. Thanks.