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(Darrell Klein) wrote in message . com...
Any experiences to share? Thanks.

Yes, be certain that any important data is backed up before you go
inside. Also make sure you have the jumper for MASTER removed before
adding the drive to your CPU's internal buss.

Back in April I added a third hard drive to my Mac's internal buss
(also a no no) and when I booted the CPU up again the entire system
went haywire. In the end we salvaged the system drive but my ProTools
working drive was shot. Data recovery was estimated to be in the 4
digit range...at LEAST. Seems the misconfiguration scrambled the whole
system. It didnt work right for months after that.

The irony is I was on the phone with a friend as I was doing this and
when I described to him what I intended to do he insisted I back up
first. I laughed and said "it wasn't a big deal since I move drives on
my internal system all the time." My policies changed after this
experience.

Again if you are doing it yourself be smart....backup first.

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Dusk Bennett
Producer/Engineer
Stigmata Recorders
Los Angeles, Ca
www.stigmatarecorders.com