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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 jwandjenn Newbie Reged: 04/28/08 Posts: 2 saving backups on external drives...       #6699 - 04/28/08 01:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   We are using cubase SX/SL3, on XP, and i set up an external Glyph drive to make back up files. my friend has been recording to tape for about 30 years, and i know a little bit about computers. when i saved the file into the glyph drive it showed up as about 160 kilobytes... which really scared me cause i dont know how on earth it could be that small. my question is 1.) how do i save a back up copy in the glyph drive that is an actual backup, and 2.) what is a ballpark file size range for a 5 minute song? also is there a way i can verify that the backups are acutally in the drive and not just pulling it out of the computer? any help would be vastly appreciated, we are playing russian roulette, by not having those backups. THANK YOU!!!! Post Extras:       jeffdeno guru Reged: 05/31/05 Posts: 535 Re: saving backups on external drives... [Re: jwandjenn]       #6732 - 04/29/08 09:30 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   You probably just saved the project file and not the audio associated with it. The easiest way to copy for a back up is to use "save project to new folder". you can find that in the file menu. Select a folder your back up drive and it will make a copy of everything. Thanks -------------------- Jeff Deno Application Specialist Steinberg North America Music Marketing Group Post Extras:       jwandjenn Newbie Reged: 04/28/08 Posts: 2 Re: saving backups on external drives... [Re: jeffdeno]       #6738 - 04/29/08 12:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   thank you so much. we did that and we are much relieved now. thank you. i do have a few related questions if you have time... we actually have 2 external drives (were just really cautious). one is the glyph drive, and the other is a western audio something drive...is there away that i can save on 2 drives at the same time, or do i need to manually save them one at a time into each drive? and a friend of ours told us its not good to have all the songs on the computers internal drive, (most of the 12 songs have 40 + tracks) but when i checked the available space on the computers drive, it said it had like 24 gig left and 74 gig used... should i be worried about overloading the computer or not worry about it. also is there a clearer way then the manual has to describe exactly what the autosave function does and how to use it? anyway thanks again for answering the previous question, we had about 2.5 weeks of work just hanging out on one drive!!! thanks !! you guys are awesome! Post Extras:       jeffdeno guru Reged: 05/31/05 Posts: 535 Re: saving backups on external drives... [Re: jwandjenn]       #6745 - 04/30/08 10:10 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   You would have to copy to the two drives separately. When you getting into larger projects it's not a good idea to record those to the system drive. You can run into unstable behavior and lock ups that could cause corrupt files. In your particular setup use one of the external drives to record to and the other for backup. Or get a second internal drive. This way if your system crashes you don't lose any projects or have to start from an earlier version. Thanks -------------------- Jeff Deno Application Specialist Steinberg North America Music Marketing Group Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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