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error scannin external drive
I’ve been having some issues with crashing while working with 2 external drive, and came to the conclusion I had a corrupt file somewhere. I deleted the msmFMID and msmMMOB files and rebooted, but now my external drive won’t scan…and then she locks up on me?
Producer arriving in T-minus-12 hours…
help!
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I should add that i’ve been getting this error as well…which lead me to the whole corrupt file theory.
assertaion failed : FALSE
File;LocalVolume, c, LINE 1207again…help!
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Is your OS recognizing the drives ok? If it is, try copying all your media off your drive onto an internal drive, then reopen your Avid. See if it recognizes the drive then. If it does, start transferring chunks of media back in and let the Avid rebuild its databases. You should be able to find the corrupt file that way. Delete it and carry on.
Mike.
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thanks…the only problem is I’ve got about 170 gig worth of media…internal drive is about 1/2 full and externals are all over 50% full too. OS is seeing the drive and all the files, just when I open Avid, it does the scan (as I’ve deleted the MSM files. Drive “A” rescans but drive “B” doesn’t…which is driving ME crazy.
Any other ideas? I don’t think I’ve got the room or time to transfer all the media to one drive then back again (in fact, I did that last week. I bought a new ext. 300G drive and transfered all the media from old to new and it still acts funky. So I’ve actually done that already.
What about re-installing the software?yikes.
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Before you reinstall, check your media creations settings and be sure “Filter based on Resolution” is NOT checked. If it is checked, uncheck it. Then do a File–>Mount All. This will mount any drives connected to your computer so that Avid can see them. You can also try File–>Reload Databases or something similar there. It should force a rescan of your databases after you Mount All.
Also, you say you have 2 external drives. Have you tried unplugging the one that Avid recognizes, plugging the one it doesn’t recognize into that drives slot, and firing up the Avid with only the bad drive plugged in. There might be a conflict with two drives plugged in…otherwise, it might be time for a reinstall.
Mike.
P.S. I understand your pain–I got to work this morning and two of my drives beeped–check their status and the RAID was about to die. Love mondays.
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What OS are you working on? Windows/PC? Version?
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IMAC G5 WITH TIGER 10.SOMETHING….
and yes, I love mondays…
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I do need to know the exact versions of the software and the OS if I can suggest anything.
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someone told me that you can’t use external drives with AVID. is that not true? i am running windows XP and xpress pro 5.2. i think the person said the drives dont spin fast enough or can’t go through firewire port fast enough or somethign
anyone know?
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I’d stop listening to that person if I were you…
I bought Disk Warrios and am hoping that helps.
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