Tascam 2488: Installing new HD in Chicago

[Ed Wicks[_2_]]

I will appreciate name of a place in Chicago that can install a new
hard drive in a Tascam 2488.
Can they save what is on the present drive and put it back on the new
drive?
Thanks.
Ed

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 8/26/2013 7:37 AM, Ed Wicks wrote:
> I will appreciate name of a place in Chicago that can install a new
> hard drive in a Tascam 2488.
> Can they save what is on the present drive and put it back on the new
> drive?

I can't answer your question, so in the spirit of Usenet, I'll ask you
another question. What's the status of the present drive? Does the
workstation still boot up? Can you load projects? Or is it already dead?

I don't know if the unit boots up off the disk drive or from an internal
ROM. If it needs a working drive with the application software loaded in
order to start and the drive is dead, you can't even clone it.
Understanding the nature of the problem is necessary before deciding how
to go about the job.

I don't know that there's a qualified TASCAM service shop in your area
(you might ask TASCAM) but this may be better handled by someone who
works on computers. The nature of some of these beasts is that you can't
just put any drive that fits in it. There may be certain limitations on
the size (capacity) of the drive imposed by the software or firmware.


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[Ed Wicks[_2_]]

In article >, Mike Rivers >
wrote:

> On 8/26/2013 7:37 AM, Ed Wicks wrote:
> > I will appreciate name of a place in Chicago that can install a new
> > hard drive in a Tascam 2488.
> > Can they save what is on the present drive and put it back on the new
> > drive?
>
> I can't answer your question, so in the spirit of Usenet, I'll ask you
> another question. What's the status of the present drive? Does the
> workstation still boot up? Can you load projects? Or is it already dead?
>
> I don't know if the unit boots up off the disk drive or from an internal
> ROM. If it needs a working drive with the application software loaded in
> order to start and the drive is dead, you can't even clone it.
> Understanding the nature of the problem is necessary before deciding how
> to go about the job.
>
> I don't know that there's a qualified TASCAM service shop in your area
> (you might ask TASCAM) but this may be better handled by someone who
> works on computers. The nature of some of these beasts is that you can't
> just put any drive that fits in it. There may be certain limitations on
> the size (capacity) of the drive imposed by the software or firmware.

Sorry to give insufficient information.
Present drive works fine; just not big enough. Friend often has to
throw away useful content in order to record new material.
A place called Deltronics on N. Halsted in Chicago has been recommended
to me, and I think they can either do the job or point me in the right
direction. Thx for help.
Ed

[Scott Dorsey]

Ed Wicks > wrote:
>
>Sorry to give insufficient information.
>Present drive works fine; just not big enough. Friend often has to
>throw away useful content in order to record new material.

I don't know how big a drive it can support, but why is he keeping that
much stuff on the local drive?

He needs to be migrating old projects and unused stuff off onto an external
disk drive, as well as making regular backups onto an external drive. Someday
the hard drive in the 2488 will fail, as hard drives always do, and you don't
want to be losing everything when it happens.

I _think_ you have to connect this to a computer to do a backup and general
file management, but I think just about any computer with a USB interface
will do that. I don't think you can backup directly to a USB disk without a
computer.

>A place called Deltronics on N. Halsted in Chicago has been recommended
>to me, and I think they can either do the job or point me in the right
>direction. Thx for help.

Never dealt with them, but if they're a Tascam service center, they should
know how big a hard drive you can put into the thing and how to do it.

But... never use a hard drive that is too large for you to back up!
--scott
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[hank alrich]

Scott Dorsey > wrote:

> Ed Wicks > wrote:
> >
> >Sorry to give insufficient information.
> >Present drive works fine; just not big enough. Friend often has to
> >throw away useful content in order to record new material.
>
> I don't know how big a drive it can support, but why is he keeping that
> much stuff on the local drive?
>
> He needs to be migrating old projects and unused stuff off onto an external
> disk drive, as well as making regular backups onto an external drive. Someday
> the hard drive in the 2488 will fail, as hard drives always do, and you don't
> want to be losing everything when it happens.

It's kind of like thinking one's vehicle needs a larger fuel tank
because it keeps coming up empty.

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[Trevor]

"hank alrich" > wrote in message
...
> It's kind of like thinking one's vehicle needs a larger fuel tank
> because it keeps coming up empty.

Which is exactly the case when the distance between fuel stations is greater
than the range of your vehicle. Probably doesn't happen much in the USA, but
can happen here.
Whether he really needs a bigger hard drive though simply depends on how
long he needs to record before he can transfer the data.

Trevor.