[ddots-l] Re: Reformatting Second Audio hard Drive?

  • From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:36:54 -0500

Alwaqys, Always,  Always back up first.  If you reformat before backing up,
everything will be lost.


-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Robert Hall
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 10:07 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Reformatting Second Audio hard Drive?


Hi Jack: I've never done it before, should the files on the drive be removed

for safety sake? or is it okay to reformat it without first backing up the 
contents of the disk? Robert.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Conti" <jackconti@xxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:11 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Reformatting Second Audio hard Drive?


> right just did it recently here.  probably the best wayh to do. At 
> 12:54 PM 9/10/2010, you wrote:
>>Yes, in my opinion. Audio files tend to be very large, so wasted space 
>>is not as much an issue, and larger sector/clusters will read/write 
>>faster.
>>
>>Dave
>>Created in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, 
>>California
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 09:03
>>Subject: [ddots-l] Reformatting Second Audio hard Drive?
>>
>>
>>Hi folks.
>>Is it still generally recommended to format a drive that is 
>>specifically for audio with a larger cluster size?  This is on an 
>>older XP machine. thanks
>>Chris
>>
>>PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE!
>>To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: 
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
>>If this link doesn't work then send a message to: 
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type
>>unsubscribe
>>For other list commands such as vacation mode,
>>click on the immediately following link:
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or
>>send a message, to
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>and in the Subject line type
>>faq
>>
>>PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE!
>>To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: 
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
>>If this link doesn't work then send a message to: 
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type
>>unsubscribe
>>For other list commands such as vacation mode,
>>click on the immediately following link:
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or
>>send a message, to
>>ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>and in the Subject line type
>>faq
>
>
> PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE!
> To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: 
> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
> If this link doesn't work then send a message to: 
> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type
> unsubscribe
> For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately 
> following link:
> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or
> send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> and in the Subject line type
> faq
>
> 

PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE!
To leave the list, click on the immediately following link:
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For
other list commands such as vacation mode, 
click on the immediately following link:
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to 
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
and in the Subject line type
faq

PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE!
To leave the list, click on the immediately following link:
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
If this link doesn't work then send a message to:
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
and in the Subject line type
unsubscribe
For other list commands such as vacation mode,
click on the immediately following link:
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or
send a message, to
ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
and in the Subject line type
faq

Other related posts: