120gb Harddrive Problem/Question

i just got a 120gb harddrive for my 2500, installed and it says 0mb free.. it recognizes that its in there but there is no space.. does any1 have any advise, does it have to be formatted, upgrade OS or anything or is it that you cant install a harddrive that big in it?? i ordered it from that VST company and it says it was tested but it doesnt seem to work.. all input is appreciated.. www.myspace.com/nessnice

format it

pigpen wrote:format it

yeah... what he said.

yeah i got it thx fellaz... got 1 more question tho... i was trying to transfer sounds from a lap top to the hard drive via USB and the laptop is not really recognizing the mpc even when i press the USB button on the Mpc it says connected and it just freeze.. i did the same thing to my boys mpc when i hit usb on the mpc said accessing and im able to drag n drop the files to the harddrive.. i never got that msg on my mpc, and when i check the drives on the comp. there is not e/f drive that says its connected.. could it be the OS? my boy had v.1.1 and mine is v.1.0..

nessnice wrote:yeah i got it thx fellaz... got 1 more question tho... i was trying to transfer sounds from a lap top to the hard drive via USB and the laptop is not really recognizing the mpc even when i press the USB button on the Mpc it says connected and it just freeze.. i did the same thing to my boys mpc when i hit usb on the mpc said accessing and im able to drag n drop the files to the harddrive.. i never got that msg on my mpc, and when i check the drives on the comp. there is not e/f drive that says its connected.. could it be the OS? my boy had v.1.1 and mine is v.1.0..

Ok....let's assume you formatted your drive in the meantime. If not....well, you know the rest.

Then you have to select what you want to mount on the PC in the MPCs USB tab on the Load/Save screen. You can either mount the CF or the harddrive. If it is set to CF and there's no card in the CF slot, it will probably have problems accessing it.

_Stilo_ wrote:

nessnice wrote:yeah i got it thx fellaz... got 1 more question tho... i was trying to transfer sounds from a lap top to the hard drive via USB and the laptop is not really recognizing the mpc even when i press the USB button on the Mpc it says connected and it just freeze.. i did the same thing to my boys mpc when i hit usb on the mpc said accessing and im able to drag n drop the files to the harddrive.. i never got that msg on my mpc, and when i check the drives on the comp. there is not e/f drive that says its connected.. could it be the OS? my boy had v.1.1 and mine is v.1.0..

Ok....let's assume you formatted your drive in the meantime. If not....well, you know the rest.

Then you have to select what you want to mount on the PC in the MPCs USB tab on the Load/Save screen. You can either mount the CF or the harddrive. If it is set to CF and there's no card in the CF slot, it will probably have problems accessing it.

yeah its formatted and it works fine.. didnt have the card in and im pretty sure i did have it set on the harddrive but i might be wrong ill try it again and make sure that its on harddrive... thx

@nessnice: are you on a mac or a pc? the early os versions had some issues with mac and the usb cable had to be removed after each transfer and you had to trash the mpc drive before disconnecting.
update your os to 1.23 if you have not done yet. it is free and there are less bugs in it.
also there are some new functions in it, like 8 and 16 pad view in grid edit and so on.

peace jo