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TDM Installation Guide10
Optimizing (Defragmenting) Drives
To prevent fragmentation, you can optimize
your drive, which rearranges your files into a
contiguous format. Most optimizing software
lets you run a check on a drive to find out the
percentage of fragmentation. If your drive
shows moderate to heavy fragmentation, you
should consider optimizing it.
If you use your system for intensive editing, or if
you frequently delete audio or fade files from
your hard drive, you may need to optimize your
drives on a weekly basis, or even every few days,
since it doesn’t take long for even a large hard
drive to become fragmented.
Backing Up Data Before Optimizing
Since your files will be rewritten by the optimi-
zation process, always make a backup copy of
the data on your hard drive before you optimize
it. You should also use a hard drive utility to
find and repair any problems before optimizing
data. If there is any damage to your hard drive's
directories prior to optimizing, serious data loss
may result.
Using Macintosh Drives on
Windows Systems
For compatibility with Macintosh-based sys-
tems, Pro Tools for Windows lets you record and
play back sessions directly from a Macintosh-
formatted (HFS or HFS+) drive connected to a
Windows system. This functionality requires
that all Macintosh session and audio files be
stored on Macintosh-formatted drives.
To mount HFS or HFS+ drives on a Windows sys-
tem, you must use the MacOpener
™
software
utility. A demo version of MacOpener is in-
cluded with Pro Tools Windows.
For details on sharing sessions between Macin-
tosh and Windows systems, see the Pro Tools Ref-
erence Guide.
Installing the MacOpener Utility
To use Macintosh-formatted HFS or HFS+ drives,
you will need to install the MacOpener software
utility. The MacOpener installer was placed on
your hard drive when you installed Pro Tools, in
the following location:
Program Files\Digidesign\Pro Tools Utilities\
MacOpener Demo
To Install MacOpener:
1 Locate the Setup.exe file in the above location
and double-click it to launch the installer.
2 Follow the on-screen instructions to install
MacOpener.
3 After installation is complete, restart your
computer.
Enabling the MacOpener Driver
After installing MacOpener, the MacOpener
driver must be enabled to mount HFS and HFS+
drives.
To enable the MacOpener Driver:
1 From the Start menu, choose Programs > Ma-
cOpener > MacOpener Driver Preferences.
2 Under Driver Settings, select Enable Mac-
Opener Driver.
3 Under Extension Mapping, select Do not add
the PC extension to the Mac file name.
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