Using external & internal hard drives on one project

I'm working on one project.
I've captured a lot of raw video. I'm about to run of space on my external hard drive which is a Lacie d2 qadra 500 GB. Is it OK to start capturing on the iMac's internal hard drive and use both for one project on one timeline?

Yes, you should be able to do this easily by setting adding the internal drive as a capture drive via the 'System Settings' then select the 'Scratch Disks' tab. Checking the Video Capture should automatically select the Audio capture for that drive as well.

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What is the best way to use 2 internal Hard Drives in a laptop.

Looking for info on the best way (ease of filing, speed and efficiency) to use 2 internal hard drives in my laptop (OS and apps on one and Data on the other?) while using an ext. drive for back up and such.
Thanks for any info.

thanks for your help, I want to do the right thing, and I have thought about moving the files back to the c drive by 'importing' and just start over. But is there an easier way. I was wondering about using the 'add folder to library' function. Since all the music is now on my ext. drive.
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Pavilion g6 internal hard drive not working , Can I use WD internal hard drive ?

I have pavilion g6 series laptop . I don't know RPM .
HP internal hard drive is looking very costly.
Can you tell me whether I can use WD internal hard drive or not . If yes then How much RPM hard drive I need to buy?

Hi,
We won't concern about RPM, faster (more rpm) is better. The HDD's are much, much, much, much cheaper now. They were more expensive during a flood in Thailand few yours back. Yes, you can use WD HDD for your computer. You can pick one from the following list:
http://www.newegg.com/Laptop-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-380
My suggestion:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136835
or this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178340
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When I try to use the internal hard drive as a scratch disk I get this error "unable to set scratch disk- the selected directory is on write protect or non-writable media. Any ideas on how to fix this. It only happens in fcp.

When I try to use the internal hard drive as a scratch disk I get this error "unable to set scratch disk- the selected directory is on write protect or non-writable media. Any ideas on how to fix this. It only happens in fcp.

By internal, I assume you're referring to your systems (boot) drive. Is it, by chance, a partitioned dive?
Also…although many people successfully use their systems drives as scratch disks, over time you'll have better results using a dedicated drive for your media.
Good luck.
Russ

ITunes external/internal hard drive mixup

A somewhat unique situation has arose with my itunes library over time, and I'd like to set it straight. Right now some songs in my library are accessed from an external hard drive, while others are from my imac's internal hard drive. I'd like to have all my songs accessed from the internal hard drive so I do not have to worry about the external hard drive being on or connected. At the moment, my entire itunes library is on the internal hard drive and in the itunes music folder. Do I have to reimport everything, or is there a simpler solution? I'd also like to keep the play counts ect. Any suggestions?
Also, I plan on buying a macbook soon and transferring my itunes library through firewire. Will the same situation with the songs only playable while the external hard drive is connected still exist?

If you have iTunes 7, then you can just drag the entire iTunes folder to your desired location. Then hold down the Shift key while launching iTunes. You'll be given a dialog box where you can select the iTunes library you want to use. Navigate to and select the iTunes folder in it's new location.
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[SOLVED] Kernel panic when using external USB hard drive

I have a desktop PC with a 64 bit arch install, on a Core2 Duo 6320 CPU. I have been using (and continue using right now) a 500 GB "Iomega Desktop Hard Drive" external USB hard disk without problems. But I have just bought a 3 TB "Seagate Expansion" external USB hard drive and I'm unable to use it from my Arch install. Each time I try to format it or to copy data from the PC, Arch freezes with a kernel panic. Sometimes it freezes faster and I cannot see anything, but others I am able to see the following kernel messages, repeating several times:
[11701.205071] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdf] uas_eh_abort_handler ffff880014e13380 tag 29, inflight: CMD
[11701.221297] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdf] abort completed
[11701.221313] scsi host3: uas_eh_task_mgmt: ABORT TASK failed (wrong tag 0/256)
[11701.221323] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdf] uas_eh_abort_handler ffff880014e13500 tag 30, inflight: CMD
[11701.237550] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdf] abort completed
[11701.237567] scsi host3: uas_eh_task_mgmt: ABORT TASK failed (wrong tag 0/256)
[11701.237576] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdf] uas_eh_abort_handler ffff880014e13680 tag 31, inflight: CMD
[11701.253922] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdf] abort completed
[11701.253936] scsi host3: uas_eh_task_mgmt: ABORT TASK failed (wrong tag 0/256)
[11701.253956] sd 3:0:0:0: uas_eh_device_reset_handler
[11704.252182] scsi host3: uas_eh_task_mgmt: LOGICAL UNIT RESET timed out
[11704.252196] scsi host3: uas_eh_bus_reset_handler start
[11704.252443] usb 5-6: stat urb: killed, stream 0
[11704.358882] usb 5-6: reset high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[11704.483206] scsi host3: uas_eh_bus_reset_handler success
Strange enough, the drive is listed by lsusb command as a 2TB but I don't think this is related to the problem (as the OS sees the 3 TB). This is the lsusb output:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bc2:3312 Seagate RSS LLC SRD00F2 [Expansion Desktop Drive 2TB]
I have tried the drive on other PCs and it works flawlessly. Also tried booting Windows 8 on the same PC I have Arch installed in, and in Windows it also works perfect. I have tried using ext2 and NTFS filesystems. Tried also changing the USB cable without success. And right now I'm out of ideas. Any suggestions?
Last edited by doragasu (2014-07-03 11:06:25)

looks like it could be the UAS module , check https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=183190

Transfering iTunes files to new computer using external USB hard drive

Thought this could be useful:
If you want to transfer your complete iTunes library to a new computer preserving all your playlists and library information, but without using your iPod as a hard dive, or without burning a CD or DVD, you can do it by using an USB external hard drive following these easy steps:
1) Quit iTunes
2) Connect your USB external hard drive to your computer and acccess it thru My PC or Windows Explorer.
3) Create two new folders in your external hard drive (you can name them LIBRARY Backup and PLAYLISTS Backup).
4) Open the LIBRARY Backup folder.
5) Open another Windows Explorer or My PC window; open the iTunes Music folder (usually located in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My documents\My music\iTunes).
6) Copy all of its contents (only the contents, not the whole folder) to the LIBRARY Backup folder you created in your external USB Hard Drive.
7) Close both the LIBRARY Backup folder from your USB external hard drive and the iTunes Music folder.
8) Open the PLAYLISTS Backup folder from your USB external hard drive
9) From your iTunes folder, copy the iTunes Music Library.xml to the PLAYLISTS Backup folder.
10) Close all the windows and extract your USB external hard drive from your PC ()
11) Install iTunes in your new computer.
12) Using Windows Explorer open the iTunes Music folder (usually located in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My documents\My music\iTunes).
13) Connect the USB hard drive to your new computer and open it using another Windows Explorer window.
14) Open the LIBRARY Backup folder and copy all of its contents (only the contents, not the whole folder) to the iTunes Music folder in your new computer. After the copying is complete, close this folder.
15) Copy the PLAYLISTS Backup folder to you new computer’s desktop.
16) Close Windows Explorer and extract USB hard drive.
17) Open iTunes
18) From the File menu, choose Import. Navigate to the iTunes Music Library.xml file on the Desktop and click Choose. The imported playlist will show only songs located on the computer's hard disk or external media.
19) You can now delete the xml. file from your new computer’s desktop if you wish.
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For Curt Y......I'm using a internal hard drive for scratch

I've set my extra, internal hard drive for scratch....not using system drive.

Dreamit, please continue the dicussion in your original topic: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4557660#4557660

Can I use an Internal Hard Drive with Time Machine?

My Mac Pro has 4 internal bays for hard drives. Can I set-up one of those bays for a Time Machine hard drive?

Yes, lots of Mac Pro users do that.
It's still a good idea to make secondary backups, especially to a portable external HD, that you can take off-site, so you're protected against fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike on your power lines, etc.
[CarbonCopyCloner|http://www.bombich.com> is donationware; [SuperDuper|http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html] has a free version, but you need the paid one (about $30) to do updates instead of full replacements, or scheduling.
And/or, see Kappy's post on [Basic Backup|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12366915#12366915].

Can I use second internal hard drive for boot camp? OptiBay question.

I have a MBP. I have replaced the original HDD with a 160 Gb unit. I have replaced the optical drive with a 500 Gb unit via OptiBay. Right now, the 500 Gb drive is my startup volume, and has OS 10.5.6 living on it.
What I want to do is use 32 Gb of the original drive for a Windows (either XP or 7) volume and the rest of it as HFS+ for storage of stuff (videos, photos, and stuff like that)
I have rEFIt installed on the startup volume. I have played with triple boot setups, etc., in the past.
So how do I install Windows? I will have to use an external DVD drive, of course, and I have a 32 Gb partition that is FAT32 now. Can I insert the Win DVD and let it try to find the right partition? How about drivers? This does get a little bit more interesting.
I am not going to use Windows for production, etc., but would like to be able to play with it.
Sorry if I am bring up a previously answered question, but the OptiBay deal didn't show up in my searches.
Thanks
Roger

Yes, lots of Mac Pro users do that.
It's still a good idea to make secondary backups, especially to a portable external HD, that you can take off-site, so you're protected against fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike on your power lines, etc.
[CarbonCopyCloner|http://www.bombich.com> is donationware; [SuperDuper|http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html] has a free version, but you need the paid one (about $30) to do updates instead of full replacements, or scheduling.
And/or, see Kappy's post on [Basic Backup|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12366915#12366915].

TC not backing up both of my internal hard drives.

So I am having a frustrating issue with my TC setup. I have a mac mini that has two internal hard drives each one being 500 GB. My TC drive is 1 TB. When I go to time machine preferences and click options I do not have any of my internal drives in the exclude lists. In fact it says that the estimated size of full backup is 733.31 GB which seems to imply that TC would be backing up both internal drives to my one external TC drive.
The problem is when I enter time machine and click on my second internal hard drive all the files are greyed out. I can see them all there but can't do anthing with them because they are grey. This is not the case for the main system drive.
I refered to this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2022065?threadID=2022065&tstart=0 and checked in the disk utility to see if all the drives were in the proper format. Indeed all my drives are formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). At this point I have no idea why all the files in my second internal hard drive are greyed out when I enter TC. I would greatly appreciate any help with this issue.

Did you change something in the setup after the TM had been running for a while.. is it running Lion server still?
Look at E2 and E3 in Pondini. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Some of these kinds of things are really complex.
Are you running the widget as that might show what is happening. See A1 reference above.
Is enough of the TC hard disk used up to suggest the backups have been working.. ie if the estimated backup size is 733GB is at least that much disk space used. If not it could be that TM has already not got enough space to back up the second drive.. although it should spit out an error message.
I would strongly recommend you buy CCC or some other decent backup software, and create a full clone of the boot drive and full backup of the second drive .. you can plug in a 1TB USB drive.. and save it all. Then if something goes wrong you have the server up and running again immediately. (You may have already done this, in which case please excuse the comments).

I have a Mac Pro tower with two internal Hard Discs, each one 2TB. I purchased a 3TB Time Capsule. But it does not allow me to back up because it says there is not enough back up space available. Between the two HDs there are 3.3TBs. Can I daisy chain TC?

I have a Mac Pro tower (OSX version 10.6.3) with two internal Hard Drives, each one 2TB.
I purchased a 3TB Time Capsule. But cannot back up because it tells me there is not enough space.
I have more than 3Tbs to store to the new TC.
Can I daisy chain two TCs to store the 4TBs?
How can I back up only the internal HD that is already full, without backing up the other one?
How can I do back up using Time Machine to back up the 3.5Tbs?
Do I need to purchase another external HD (that is not TC) to be able to back up all of my photos?

Can I daisy chain two TCs to store the 4TBs?
No, you cannot link to produce a single large partition.
But you can have two separate backup jobs.. and use each partition. That is hard on TM but you can easily get a different backup software for it.
How can I back up only the internal HD that is already full, without backing up the other one?
In TM you do a different setup and exclude the other drive.
But it is better to use an alternative software IMHO.
How can I do back up using Time Machine to back up the 3.5Tbs?
You would need to use a network drive of more than 4TB .. it would also take forever. This is just wrong way to do it. Although you can buy a NAS that will work with Time Machine and load it with disks 16TB is possible.. if you can get a second mortgage.. the fragile nature of TM on 3rd party devices.. would leave me in cold sweat if anything went wrong.
TM is excellent at keeping incremental backups of files that keep changing.. as such you should use TM to backup your OS disk and main user directory.. exclude all files and directories that never change. Back them up separately.
Do I need to purchase another external HD (that is not TC) to be able to back up all of my photos?
Yes, that is a much better idea. You want to store photos safely and you want to store them in multiple places. If you have multiple TB of photos, dedicate a couple of disks to the backup. ie have at least two copies.. not in backup format.. in straight copy format if possible.. so you can keep one of the disks offsite.
I would be using your MacPro internal disk access, to place the disk onto sata bus and do the copy disk to disk direct. Or even buy esata card.. or sata to esata converter cable so you can use esata box. That will beat any other transfer speed except thunderbolt for which you would need third mortgage. (The MORT in mortgage is significant).
The great jurist Sir Edward Coke, who lived from 1552 to 1634, has explained why the term mortgage comes from the Old French words mort, "dead," and gage, "pledge." It seemed to him that it had to do with the doubtfulness of whether or not the mortgagor will pay the debt.

Internal Hard Drive doesn't show up on Time Machine menu. Why???

So I recently bought a brand new MacBook G5 2.1 Ghz 1G RAM, and when I first set it up I had my external hard drive from my old PC laptop hooked up to and it instantly asked if I wanted to use it for my Time Machine disk. I said yes, but it then prompted me to reformat (delete) everything on the external drive.
I tried later to use the internal hard drive as the Time Machine disk, but now it doesn't even show up when I look for it in system preferences as an option. Only the external hard drive (Maxtor OneTouch4 500G).
Does anyone know how to make the internal drive appear again so I don't have to reformat my external drive?

RyanRay wrote:
yeah, I read in a pdf manual that you couldn't use the startup disk to backup, but I could almost swear I saw either Macintosh HD or something like that on the disk options menu when I first started up. Maybe I saw something else.
So then there's no way to backup without an external drive of some sort? Do you know if it's possible to format a drive so that half of it is Mac compatible?
that's possible but you'll have to reformat it first which will wipe it out. when you reformat it set the partition scheme to GUID and set the number of partitions to two. format one as FAT so that it works with windows and the other as mac Os extended journaled so that it can be used with Time machine.

Installed additional hard drive, previous one is not recognized.

I have a G4 867 MDD using 4 internal hard drives. In the ATA100 bay, I had a Seagate which was my main System drive. I just bought a larger drive intended to become my system drive, so I moved the Seagate to the outer slave position. I changed the jumpers accordingly.
Problem is the computer now doesn't see my Seagate as a startup option, and will only boot into OS 9.2.2. First message is that the disk is unreadable, do I wan't to initialize? No! However, in this message, it does correctly see the drive as a 149 Gig drive. When I booted into OS X from an external drive, the profiler did see the Seagate but said it only was a 31 Gig drive, when in fact 149 is accurate. However it did not and does not mount on the desktop. Seagate is barely a year old, so I don't suspect drive failure. It worked perfectly before this.
I rechecked everything to make sure the cables were secure, etc. A year or so ago I had done the same kind of switching over when I bought the Seagate, but that time all was fine and when I booted, it defaulted to the old system, which is what should be happening now.
I need some help here, thanks!

Hi, opto -
...the profiler did see the Seagate but said it only was a 31 Gig drive...
Recheck the jumpers on that drive carefully. Some drives came with an additional jumper and position, which limited the effective capacity of the drive to 32GB (because some PC processors could not address a drive size larger than that).
...so I moved the Seagate to the outer slave position. I changed the jumpers accordingly.
It's not necessary to change the jumpers. With two drives on an ATA bus, it makes no difference to the Mac which is Master and which is Slave, nor which is connected to what connector. See the last paragraph of -
Article #24342 - Power Macintosh G3 and G4: IDE Master and Slave Support and Configuration
G4 MDD models can use the Cable Select jumper settings. You might experiment with setting the drives that way.

Tips for using an older Hard Drive with an enclosure

Hello,
I have a two-parter in regards to an external hard drive. I want to be able to use an older hard drive off one of my PCs for an external hard drive through an enclosure.
Question 1:
Before I purchase the enclosure I was wondering if any USB enclosure will work with the MacBook or if there are specifics I need to have on the enclosure in order for it to work.
Question 2:
The hard drive is from a used (3-4yr old) PC. The hard drive is fine but the old computer is dead (video card). Will I be able to pull off data from it once I get an enclosure? For example, my itunes reside on this hard drive can I export those to the macbook?
Anything else I need to know to make this work?
Thanks!!

How do I know what type of hard drive it is (ATA or SATA)? If I pop out the hard drive from the PC will it say on it someplace? (sad question I know).
There drive may say on it, but if not it should be identification or a model number on the drive you can look up. SATA drives usually also only have a very small connector for both data and power whereas ATA drives have a longer connector and a much wider data cable. You can see a drawing of the ATA connector on this web page:
http://en.kioskea.net/contents/pc/ide-ata.php3
So once I pull all the data off I am interested in - can I then somehow reformate the drive so that I can use it to read/write to from the macbook?
Yep. Use Disk Utility (it's in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder in Mac OS X) to erase the drive. If you'll only be using it with a Mac, choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) in the formatting option. If you want to be able to use the drive with both Windows and Mac systems, choose MS-DOS.
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