Setup guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome to Mbox 2 Mini
- Installing Pro Tools on Mac
- Installing Pro Tools on Windows
- Configuring Your Pro Tools System
- Mbox 2 Mini Hardware Overview
- Making Hardware Connections
- Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
- Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)
- Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Resources
Mbox 2 Mini Setup Guide
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Formatting Windows Audio Drives
For optimal performance, audio drives should be formatted as NTFS.
To format an audio drive:
1 On Windows Vista, choose Start.
2 Right-click Computer (Windows Vista) or My Computer (Windows XP) and choose Manage.
3 Under Storage, choose Disk Management.
4 If the volume is “Healthy,” do the following:
• In the Disk Management window, right-click the hard drive you will use for audio and
choose Format.
• In the Format window, name the volume.
Pro Tools only supports Basic drive types. Do not convert the drive to a Dynamic type
.
Disk Management window (Windows XP)
Healthy volumes are volumes that have previously been partitioned and formatted.