Two HDD - "Disk is Too slow or system overload"

el.j-music wrote:
I have a White MB C2D 2GHz, 2 GB DDR2 and Logic 7.2.3.

I wanted to open the session with 44 audio files, but there was an error "Disk is Too slow or system overload. " I found information that I need to replace my standard 5400rpm drive to 7200rpm.

But first plugged in my portable USB drive that is 5400rpm and copied this Logic project. It works! All OK, but work over USB is very slow.

A 7200 drive may help but then again... the internal drive is what the operating system uses to write swap files and other OSX related tasks. OSX keeps files under 20meg defragmented but larger files are left as is so your audio files were probably copied to various places on the internal drive, not the most optimal for playback.

I would think a 7200RPM external Firewire drive is your first choice (unless you're using a Firewire audio interface). In that case either a 7200 USB drive or 7200 internal drive would be the way to go.

See what a few other posters think before deciding.

pancenter-

Before you buy anything try this: Delete ALL UNUSED tracks from your project. I had the same issue as you but deleteing all unused tracks solved my problem. Logic's been running great on my Macbook ever sense. Apparently Logic tries to process unused tracks even though they are empty. Whatever...it just works now... Not to say it will work for everyone, but try it.