Specifications

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SCSI Hard Drives
Digidesign recommends qualified SCSI hard drives and
a qualified SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card or (on Win-
dows systems) a qualified built-in SCSI HBA connector
on the motherboard.
For complete information on track count and the sup-
ported number and configuration of SCSI drives, visit
the Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com).
FireWire Hard Drives
 Digidesign recommends qualified FireWire drives and
(on Windows systems) a qualified FireWire host adapter.
For complete information on track count and the sup-
ported number and configuration of FireWire drives,
visit the Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com).
IDE/ATA/SATA Hard Drives
A qualified internal IDE/ATA/SATA drive may be used as
a dedicated audio drive.
For complete information on track count with internal
drives, refer to the Digidesign website (www.digide-
sign.com).
Formatting an Audio Drive
Formatting Windows Audio Drives
(Windows Only)
For optimal performance, audio drives should be for-
matted 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.
Disk Management window (Windows XP)