PRE 9 Hard Drive

Hey, I just bought a new hard-drive. Is there any way I need to format it and how do I set up my hard-drive so that it makes PRE 9 run faster?
Thanks!!!

Are you on a PC, or a Mac? The formatting options will differ, though the results will be very similar.
On the PC, you will want to have your HDD formatted to NTSF, and not to FAT-32, which is how many/most ship. There is a similar formatting for the Mac, but I cannot recall the exact name.
Do not partition the new HDD.
For some general tips on HDD's and their allocation for video editing, this ARTICLE might be useful.
Good luck,
Hunt

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