Hi Ullrich !
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Am 23.04.2010 19:53, schrieb Ullrich Peter:
Hi PeWe!
But now I have to ask if it is necessary to format these medias, or if an initialisation is enough.
If you read the Akai FAQ they say that you "never ever" should format exchangeable drives.
http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/akaifaq_removable_media.htm
Well,- if you get any used media from somewhere ever, and it had been used w/ whatever PC and now you wanna use it w/ a Akai or any other sampler,- you should erase the data on this formerly used media, right ?
So,- formatting is the easiest way to do this.
I am no SCSI expert so I don't know what is initialize. Is it just the function to make the drive known to the connected SCAI master
or is it like partitioning an already low level formatted media.
I don´t know this exactly too. The only I know is "initilizing" is not formatting and I assume the "arrange" function of the AKAIs isn´t formatting but initializing and partitioning.
Maybe initializing is similar to mounting a harddrive.
No SCSI expert here too, but I could get all of the drives I buyed @ebay to run with all of my samplers,- mostly Synthax, Kronauer, Lacom and Hybrid Arts 19" Syndrives offering CD-ROM / harddrive combo,- but also some 44/88MB Syquest drives as well as MOD and separate CD-ROM and CDRW drives.
Most of these had issues when arrived, but by swapping drives and exchanging SCSI wireing etc., they all work like new now.
Actually I have only one empty Syndrive for 2 harddrives left over w/ a blown PSU, but it will run again soon I hope.
Was a bit of reading and investigation necessary as well as occasional help from friends who hadn´t forgot everything from the past.
PeWe
Ciao
Peter