Safe to install very old drive?
I have a very old (9-ish years) Maxtor 3.5-inch EIDE hard-drive kit. I need to back up its irreplaceable & valuable contents. But I'm nervous to install it in my Mac Pro (OS x v. 10.5.8). It's what I'm editing my film on, and the mac's already dodgy. Question: is it safe to install this drive? Or could doing so cause the mac to develop issues, or harm the drive's contents?
Thanks!!
Thanks, BDAqua!! I bought the product you suggested (along with a Protect-A-Drive), and the transfer was smooth and easy. :-)
*I should note for anyone who is thinking of doing the same, the Protect-A-Drive (silicon sleeve for the hard drive) had to be pulled back a little in order for the cable to access the drive's port.
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ASIO USB Audigy 2 NX Bad Firmware and very old drive
Operating System?? : Windows XP Professional (5., Build 2600)
??????Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-258)
Language??? : English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model?? : HP Compaq nx60 (PC49AV)
BIOS???? : KBC Version 39.2A
BIOS Date??? : 2006/07/27 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Processor??? : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor .73GHz
Memory???? : 504MB RAM
DirectX Version?? : DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DxDiag Version?? : 5.03.2600.280 32bit Unicode
Creative Product-PID
Product???? : USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Description??? : USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
Model No.
?? : SB0300
S/N????? : MASB03006350000K
Driver version??? : . 0. 0
Firmware version? : . . 5050 (Factory Default)
PID????? : 0 03 00 00 00 00 A0
Creative Software
Audio Device Selection .0.06
Common Audio Driver Interface .03.34
Creative EAX Console 2.05.06
Creative Entertainment Center 3.00.55
Creative Graphic Equalizer .52.53
Creative MediaSource 3.30.2
Creative MediaSource Go! 3.0.5
Creative MediaSource Player Skin Pack .0.08
Creative Music Store Plugin .00.3
Creative On Screen Display .00.0
Creative Speaker Settings .54.08
Creative System Information .00.26
Creative Windows Diagnostics 3..06
MediaSource CD-ROM Burner Component 3.0.8
MediaSource Detector 3.00.8
SoundFont Bank Manager for Windows 2.00.06
Surround Mixer 3.52.54
Problem One:
I get the following results
]I get the following results
Speaker mode ?Function ?? USB . ???? USB 2.0
2.0 ???? Playback?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
4/5.
??Playback?? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz
7. ??? Playback ?? Up to 6-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 6-bit/48 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz
I DON?T GET ANY ERRORS MESSAGE?S!
I DON?T GET ANY BANDWIDTH ERRORS.
According to the User manual, I should get 24-bit/96 kHz in 7. speaker settings on Playback on USB 2.0.
I do have USB 2.0 port! And my USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX is plug into it
I have downloaded the Microsoft and Creative newest updates available on the internet.
If I downgrade the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX firmware
to v..0509 (Laterst Web version)
I get the following results
Speaker mode ?Function ?? USB . ???? USB 2.0
2.0 ???? Playback?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ?? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
4/5.
??Playback?? Up to 24-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
7. ??? Playback ?? Up to 6-bit/48 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
????#Record ??? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz ? Up to 24-bit/96 kHz
This would be wonderful but, the older firmware makes the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX, unresponsi've in -+ 5 minutes.
All Programs are unresponsi've after 5 minutes, if I unplug the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX my programs start to respond again. Resetting the firmware to factory default (v..05050), I get no problems, except that the USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX response on a USB 2.0 port as if it'ss plug-in on a USB . Port.
I don?t have any problems with any other USB 2.0 hardware! They all work fine and I DON?T get any error telling me I would get High speed if the hardware was plug into a USB 2.0 plug. BECAUSE IT IS A USB 2.0 PORT!
The problem lies in the with in the firmware.
Would you please update the firmware.
In Creative Device Control the USB Connection Speed box.
Your device is Connected at:
Is grey, I can't set any thing. Why not?
Suggestion One:
For technical Personal only!
The drivers Creative releases are based on the Extigy.
If I look at the drivers you write for the PCI range (Audigy, Audigy 2 and Audigy 4 Series) they are better.
The Sound Blaster USB Range, Especially the Audigy Range can do so much more with the right drivers.
I suggested, you create a driver for the USB Composite Device. That emulates a PCI slot. This would allow the External Sound Blaster USB range to install your new and very advance PCI drivers.
Folder structure:
Drivers
-support
?????-amd64
?????-i386
???-wdm
?????-common
???????-amd64
???????-i386
?????????-thunk
?????-Lang
???????-amd64
???????-i386
?????-win2k_xp
???????-amd64
???????-data
???????-i386
Example:
By adding in wdma_emu.inf
[Creative]
; EMU0K chip (SBLi've!, APS)
%EMU0K.DeviceDesc%=EMU0K_Device,PCI\VEN_02&DEV_000 2&CC_04000
; USB range (SBLi've!, APS)
%USB.DeviceDesc%=USB_Device,PCI\VEN_02&DEVXXXXXXXX XXXXX
Adding in the Data folder, a data file for the USB Sound Blasters Audigy 2 NX would be ctp0300w.dat this tells the drivers which kind of features the SB0300 has.
It should detect if it'ss a Creative EMU0K Audio Processor (WDM)
or Creative Audigy Audio Processor (WDM)
If this is not possible at the very most I would like the following software to work with USB Sound Blaster range.
Audio Console
AudioHQ
CtPanel.exe
EAX Editor
Speaker Calibrator?
THX Setup Console (This is only software rendering, not limited to selected devices works fine on my Sound Blaster Li've! Value, CT4832)
CTASIO(ASIO 2.0 or .0, The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX Support ASIO, You just didn?t include it in the drivers)
In EAX Console under Effects tab.
There is only a Environment
I?m sure that the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX can support.
- Environment
- Advanced EQ
-Special FX
-Custom
-Studio
-Karoake
Again you based it on the old Extigy drivers it'ss the hardware is not limited!
In Surround Sound Mixer under the Advance Button there should be a Balance/Fade window. Again there is no such window because you base it on the Extigy.
In Speakers Settings under Speaker Selection You should add the marker for Synchronize with Control Panel. (This is only a Drivers limitation)
The New PCI Drivers add branding in Microsoft Volume Control and in Sound and Audio Device Properties.
Can you add Branding for the Sound Blaster USB.
In
Sound and Audio Devices Properties
Volume (Tab)
Speaker Settings (Window)
Speaker Volume? (Button)
If you click on the Speaker Volume? button. It should give you the option to set Channel to Channel 8, currently there are only Channel and Channel 2
Sound and Audio Devices Properties
Volume (Tab)
Speaker Settings (Window)
Advance? (Button)
Effects (Tab)
Effects: (Drop down)
Is Empty there is only None. Can you please all of the EAX Advanced HD Effects
To conclude would you please improve the Sound Blaster USB Driver! Or just create a new range driver for the Sound Blaster USB!
Yours truly,
Horst Johan KaiserHow can u see the firmware?on this card? ?I wanna know which date my firmware has on my Elite Pro and if it is the latest one?But Creative seems not to give answers to this (read about it from another person who asked this)
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Or could the ancient fonts cause some kind of operating system meltdown or panic or whatever?
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Perhaps the OS 8 & OS 9 fonts are safe, but not the System 6 and System 7 fonts?
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need helpFirst boot into recovery and select Disk Utility>First Aid and repair the disk.
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7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
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did i miss a step between transferring all of my information from my old hard drive to the new hard drive and installing the new hard drive into the computer. I believe that i installed properly. it was quite easy.
thanks for your helpIt means there is no bootable system on the drive. If you still have access to the old drive, then I suggest you boot from it then clone it to the new internal drive. Use OPTION boot to boot from the Recovery HD on the old drive:
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I guess what I need is a USB, external floppy drive.
does anyone know of such an animal ? especially one that reads both the 3" hard and the very oldest 5" soft discs.
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I'm asking this question here, cos the 'very old hardware'
column only covers thru the power mac and the g3.
and the knowledge of the writers here seems very deep and
broad,
does claris works make a package for os 9 that
will 'read backwards' all of it's earliest formats?a floppy 3 1/2" external USB drive will be no problem to get from a local dealer. I bought two Panasonics in March for £25 each.
Iomega have one also:
http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/family.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolderid=31220671&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=15620507&ASSORTMENT%3C%3Eastid=26890319&bmUID=1152541140207
I dont know if you will be successfull for a 5 1/4" drive. I had a data recovery company transfer files a few years ago for me as I could not source a drive anywhere.
There is obviously no machine that can read both sizes.
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