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backup to FireWire issues
Hello all,
I’m in the process of backing up large chunks of raw and rendered video media components to some FireWire drives. Unfortunately, I am not being allowed to transfer any media that contains a forward slash (I’m given a message that says that my files contain characters that cannot be used, and that’s the only common character), and I need to see if anyone knows of a reason or a workaround. I have MANY elements that contain the forward slash, due to how my editing application names them when rendering composites.
I appreciate any and all assistance with this.
Mark
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3 Replies
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Did you format the drives using the Disc Utility? It sounds like they’re still in whatever format the company shipped them as. You should re-format them as Mac drives and then try to copy the file again.
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I’ve had these drives for a couple of years, and I did not format them when I got them. But the new one I’m taking out of the box this afternoon WILL be formatted before dumping files to it.
Thanks for the hint.
Mark
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Thanks again for the info. It even responds faster that it did on the FAT32 format.
Mark
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