In my recording system i am running xp-pro  with a seperate C drive for nothing but programs/applications.
All recording goes on a seperate D drive.
These are internal...... i use a usb external drive to store  edited material.
 dnw   

--- On Tue, 12/1/09, Jared Brennan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Jared Brennan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Soundforge
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9:24 PM
> I had a hell of a time trying to
> answer a similar hard driv
> Greetings,
> 
> I had a hell of a time trying to answer a similar hard
> drive question when setting up a Mac 10.5.5 with Protools LE
> 8 this past March... 
> 
> The external recording drive setup is something easy to
> overlook- even the 1000+ page PT manual scarcely offers a
> half page on the topic...  The unanimous response I
> received when diving deeper into this question, is that no
> matter the OS/audio program configuration one should not use
> an internal HD (someone at Digidesign reluctantly mentioned
> I might be able to partition my internal drive at my own
> risk).  Given the always increasing deals on external
> drives, I definitely sleep better with an external recording
> drive.  I haven't picked up a 2nd audio designated
> drive yet, but many folks have also mentioned that the
> optimal config includes one external drive for recording,
> and another for playback.  I'm by no means an expert on
> this rather gray area, just throwing in my 2 cents...
> 
> Jared Brennan
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Raphaël Parejo-Coudert <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 12:07:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Soundforge
> 
> Hello...
> 
> I apologize. Nothing similar in Macintosh. The user know
> WHERE are his
> files... Mac is build in for multimedia use.
> 
> Windows is opacity, problems, etc.
> 
> Persona opinion.
> 
> Best regards.
> 
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> Le (El) Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:29:24 -0500, Steven Smolian,
> wrote me / m'a
> écrit / me escribió:
> 
> 
> 
> >Hello, Peter,
> >
> >My Temporary files and record folder reads,
> >
> >"C:\Documents and settings\owner\Local
> Settings\Applications Data".  If
> >there is anything past this, I can't get it to show it
> to me.  It shows 14.8
> >gigabytes "in selected folder" which should be
> sufficient.
> >I'm wring to drive G which is an external 1 terabyte
> drive, functioning
> >normally.  That's the one that's about 8% full.
> >
> >My untutored guess is that some cache is not
> discharging, even when I
> >reboot.
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Alyea" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:30 PM
> >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Soundforge
> >
> >
> >If you look at the path under "temporary files and
> record folder" on the
> >"general" tab inside of preferences, is the path
> pointing to the drive that
> >is 8% full?
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >>>> Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
> 11/30/09 5:49 PM >>>
> >I'm using SF 10.
> >
> >It is now not saving a soundfile in 96/24 that is only
> 26:40 long.  This is
> >half of a longer file, copied to a new file.  It
> quit at 96% but says it's
> >still trying.  It's been saving 30-40 minute files
> with no problem.  The
> >drive to which it is saving is about 8% full.
> >
> >What's going on?
> >
> >Steve Smolian
> 
> 
> 
> 
>