Maximum hard drive size?

Ok crazy question. So how do you format the Hard Drive on your PC?

saintjoe wrote:

TSR wrote:

Amaysn wrote:I have a 250 GB internal hard drive in my 4000. I had to format it in the PC for it to recognize the whole drive.

I wonder if formatting the drive prior installing it into the MPC also makes a difference for general recognition of the harddisk. When installing a 2,5" into my MPC only 1 of 4 drives did the job. Maybe, formatting them in the PC would have solved the problem.

TSR

this is definitely something to consider.

Drives are cheap so I may try it out.

So did anyone try it?

I've formated a 250 GB drive twice and put in different 4000s. It works great!!!...just got another 4000 and I think I will try a 500 GB drive. You have to format the hard drive in a pc. You must format it for FAT32. There is a utility, FAT32format that will do it quickly. The utility can be downloaded here:

http://www.brothersoft.com/fat32format-162881.html

Just put the drive in the PC, partition it, then format it with FAT32format. You can also put any samples or programs on it before moving it to the MPC. The 4000 recognizes the drive with no problems. As I mentioned, the largest drive I have tried is 250GB. I will be trying something larger soon. I will post my findings.

There is also another utility, GUIFORMAT, that I have not tried yet.

Hope this helps.

Amaysn

amaysn1 wrote:I've formated a 250 GB drive twice and put in different 4000s. It works great!!!...just got another 4000 and I think I will try a 500 GB drive. You have to format the hard drive in a pc. You must format it for FAT32. There is a utility, FAT32format that will do it quickly. The utility can be downloaded here:

http://www.brothersoft.com/fat32format-162881.html

Just put the drive in the PC, partition it, then format it with FAT32format. You can also put any samples or programs on it before moving it to the MPC. The 4000 recognizes the drive with no problems. As I mentioned, the largest drive I have tried is 250GB. I will be trying something larger soon. I will post my findings.

There is also another utility, GUIFORMAT, that I have not tried yet.

Hope this helps.

Amaysn

sweet!

Guys.. would this work?

Generic Hard Disk Drive 250GB SATA II - 1 Year Warranty £25.99



http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generic-Hard-Di ... 649&sr=8-1

The MPC Uses EIDE hard drives. The drive you have pictured is a SATA II hard drive.

amaysn1 wrote:The MPC Uses EIDE hard drives. The drive you have pictured is a SATA II hard drive.

Sweet!

So..
- 120GB
- EIDE
- Format it for FAT32 on PC
- a drive with a single platter. They are cooler and quieter.

Anything missing of the list?

Dang.... this can't be right.... I can't have the largest HDD being used can I?

Well.... I haven't thrown one this big INSIDE, but don't see how that would matter.

I've got a WD6400AAKS.... dual platter 640GB SATA 3GB/S 16MB Cache in a USB2.0 enclosure and it works fine with the 4K

Nobody try a 1TB yet?????????

not like it matters.... I've got something like 30 GB of samples...... hand picked stuff....
and there's still about 5GB of stuff I gotta go through and delete the crappy ones.... which'll probably make that 5 into 1....

You may be able to format a 120 GB on the MPC4000. From the posts above, it appears that is the max it can see while formatting an internal drive.

"a drive with a single platter. They are cooler and quieter"
not sure, maybe they are.

I'm gonna try a 500 GB internal in a month or so. I have about 60GB of samples so far. But I am a sound freak. I'm sure that will grow.

I've been through a crapload of hard drives in my day

Tried everything.

First of all, the best thing out is the new PCI and PCIe solid state storage cards. They are the fastest storage / "hard drives" available and are crazy. Expensive, but dope, I was fortunate enough to test one

Second is SSD's... Way dope... Have one in my studio pc, need another one and I'll be set. Mine is SATA, not sure if they make em IDE but if they did thatd be the best storage for the mpc

Next runner up would be 15000 rpm platter drives. Loud, hot..... Affordable. Fast.

Then, next to that WAS 10000 rpm drives, BUT when they dropped dual platters and got em right, a 7200 rpm dual platter can actuall out perform a 10000 rpm single platter drive.

That's what all my pc drives are, with the exception of the one ssd.

They are fast, quiet, and I don't think they run any hotter than a standard drive... I mean, they might by a miniscule couple degrees, but nothing you could notice without a thermometer

I was amazed when I ran dual platters. Big difference at least in a HD3 setup on pc,
But of course they are nothing compared to SSD, and SSD drives are nothing compared to the SSPCI/e Cards

interesting tip about formating in pc before putting it in the mpc, thanks gotta remember that when I upgrade my hd

great tool for formattig hdd , google swissknife, its a free app.

Sorry to bump such an old topic, but just to be clear, this all applies to the z8 too, right?

manji wrote:Sorry to bump such an old topic, but just to be clear, this all applies to the z8 too, right?

I'd say so

Thats fantastic. Imma go buy a large hdd to stick in my z8 in the next few weeks, ill report back and let yall know how it goes.