question about external hard drives.

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2009/12/31 06:31:32 (permalink)

question about external hard drives.

hi and happy new year !
 
i received a seagate external hard drive 1 tb and i was wondering would it be
possible to load sonar producer 8.5 on the external hard drive and run it from
there - i was trying to load it on there last night and i see it was loading the majority
on to my g drive (external drive) but some is still loading on the F drive which is on my
pc.
 
would it work - i won't be attempting to use it on another pc but storing on the external drive  and hopefully running it on the 1tb external drive as its so big.
 
also i ask the same question about reason 4 as well
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    Kalle Rantaaho
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    Re:question about external hard drives. 2009/12/31 07:46:34 (permalink)
    SONAR should be on the OS disc. Trying to operate with SONAR on an external disc most likely leads to problems.

    The best use for external HDD is using it for the Per Project folders and sample libraries.

    If you have everything - SONAR, the project files, VST's and sample libraries on an external disc the data traffic can get cluttered. Also changing the default paths without exactly knowing what you're doing is risky. The wiser gurus can explain these in more detail.

    Where do you have your backup files?


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    Re:question about external hard drives. 2009/12/31 09:47:23 (permalink)
    I can't imagine trying to run Sonar off of an external HDD... I can imagine it having so many problems...
    There are some significant bottlenecks when trying to run live DAW applications on external HDDs that are connected via USB (I know from personal experience of trying to record to one)

    If I were to even consider trying to that again it would be to an eSATA external HDD


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