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mr.e · #1 16.02.2007, 07:29 PM

ok guys thanks a lot for your help. at the end I used super duper to clone my os x onto the new 320gb 16mb buffer drive....then I booted up from the new one and the boot up was very slow compared to the original. so at the end i deleted that cloned image and went back to my original setup becauce i didn't feel like installing os x and all my programs and plugins all over on this new drive....so now
I have my original hard drive 1 with osx that came with the mac pro 250gb
hard drive 2 (320gb)- samples and logic projects folders
hard drive 3 (200gb)- has backup of everything and also windows parallels

danbeaulieu · #2 16.02.2007, 07:33 PM

Sweet... I need more hard drive space.

Doc Jones · #3 16.02.2007, 09:04 PM

smart move mr. e

I've just spent the entire day reloading all my apps, data pointers etc. on my new machine. What a f*king pain in the ass.

mr.e · #4 17.02.2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Doc Jones

smart move mr. e

I've just spent the entire day reloading all my apps, data pointers etc. on my new machine. What a f*king pain in the ass.

ya I hear that man... the reason I just canceled the whole super duper image clone 2 new fast drive was cause I saw theres obvious performance lag compared to the original installation for some reason..even know its supposed to be an exact copy of the drive it still worked way slower. So my only option from there was to install everything manually to the new drive.
Its obvious the performance lag was because I just cloned it and didn't do a fresh install ..I'm not down to sit for hours again and install 100 plugins and all the software that I use at this time. lazy me

Doc Jones · #5 17.02.2007, 01:36 AM

yeah, it's insane. I literally didn't think it was going to take long at all.

I figured I had already built and tweaked the os, so no big deal - just load up some apps, vsts, efx etc. - couple of hours tops.

Started at 9:00am this morning and am just finishing up now - almost 12 hours to properly reinstall all my programs.

That's why I am so happy I bought a mobo that can handle a quad core -
some time next year I will upgrade to the quad, overclock and not have to go through this for 4 years (I hope)

mr.e · #6 17.02.2007, 01:43 AM

so you don't reinstall your computer for couple years at a time? just curious because thats what i'm planning lol

Doc Jones · #7 17.02.2007, 02:03 AM

yeah, this last computer (Pentium IV 3.0ghz) last about 3.5 years.
I really didn't do to much to it after the initial install (besides upgrades, patches etc.)

I just ran a quick test with my new machine. Loaded up a song that pegged my older machine at 95% cpu usage - crackles and pops etc.
The new machine (which is a dual core) shows both cores at 20% at most!!
Amazing!!