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long wait for usb drive
just curious as to how long you all have to wait for your computer to push a fcp file from your desktop to your external drive.
Ive got s brand new (month old nib compu usa) western digital usb2 320gb hard drive, pushing video files to and from my titanium powerbook g4, with 1gb ram, and 30 gbs of free space
why is a 400mg clip taking 10 mins to cross connect?
is this average? is there anyhting i can do to speed up the process?
Then once it gets over there on my external, i have to manually type in .mov at the end of the quicktime file cause the harddrive isnt reading it or something. What am i doing wrong?
now ive got a 14gb avi file on my friends pc, that is refusing to copy to his western digital 80 gb hard drive with 54gbs of free space, its saying there is not enough disk space, last i checked 54 gbs is more than enough to stuff 14gbs in. Im not sure what the issue is but i need this drive to transfer files from his computer to mine so i can bring them back in fcp to edit. he has what i edited in his version of after effects, since i didnt have it on my computer, and i need to put some finishing touches on the video after he gets through with the motion aspect,
however if i cant get his rendered and exported avi file on that hard drive, i dont know how i can get it back on my computer with a busted cd drive.
any suggestions?
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It would help to format the drive MacOS Extended. Most drives out of the box are formatted for PCs…
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it is formatted fat32, is that wrong?
I know that is the standard cross platform format, but if i decide to reformat, do i lose all my files? Can i split the hardrive and duel format it?my friends 80gb is formatted both fat 32 and dos i believe, so we can use it on both.
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Well, if you need to use it on both PC and Mac, than leave it. But not much can be done to speed it up. Mac can read the PC format, but is slower copying to it than Mac formats. And the P2 format Fat32 has a 2GB file size limit…so if you have BIG files, it is doing something to break them up smaller I’d think. Not that I know jack about that…I am an editor. I just know that there is a limit to file sizes.
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shoot, then reformat it is,
im not exactly sure how to do this, but im sure i can google somethingi hope i dont lose all my files, i would cry.
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DO NOT REFORMAT WITH FILES ON THE DRIVE! YOU WILL LOSE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
Reformatting destroys all the information on the hard drive. You need to get all the files off of it first, then format.
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You will absolutely lose all your filkes if you don’t move them to another drive while you’re reformating.
Also, if you want to move your drive and data between your Mac and your frend’s PC, you need to get the MacDrive app and put it on his PC. He will then be able to read yoiur properly formated drive, which will then be Mac Extended, and you can both live happily together in harmony.
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OH NOOOOO!!!!!!!
Just kidding,
But i am sure you all have done something as equally stupid.
I think there is a way i can partition the drive so that the stuff i have on it right now can stay there, and i can split the rest of the drive in half for fat32 and the other for mac os extended, although im not sure which one to chose, os extendedcase sensitive, case sensitive journaled, journals, or regular, -
Hmm good info, although for this larger drive i do not need to share files between the two computers, i am about to partition the 320gb drive for mac os extended, on the rest of the free space (roughly 164gbs) and leave the files that are in the fat32 side untouched. This in theory should not delete my files right? just leave them in previously charted fat32 territory
all i know is my transfer file times are hurting my future projects big time,
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YOu cannot partition your drive without losing all the data on it as well. Any formatting or partitioning will cause data loss. All of your files must be safely copied off the drive before you do anything.
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[andy shnikes] “This in theory should not delete my files right? just leave them in previously charted fat32 territory”
I wouldn’t count on that…
As Dirty Harry said, “Do ya feel lucky punk? Well, do ya?”
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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