What To Do In Case The Drive Letter Changes And The File Path Is Broken
BEST FORMAT FOR DJS MAC SOFTWARE
If you plan to use your DJ computer for other tasks, and won’t be using your DJ software during the session, it’s fine to boot up without the hard drive plugged in - just don’t plug it in at all during that session. The issue will arise more often than not when you plug in the hard drive after your DJ machine is already booted up.
To avoid this problem that would certainly result in a highly-stressful pre-DJ-gig situation ( although they’re may be exceptions to this rule) be sure to have your external hard drive containing your DJ music already plugged into your computer BEFORE turning it on.
BEST FORMAT FOR DJS MAC WINDOWS
One day, you plug in the external hard drive and Windows decides it doesn’t like labeling it E anymore, and assigns it F. Since DJ software such as RED Mobile 3 and DEX 3 use links in the database/browser to the physical file location a drive letter change will break the path to the file, and the tracks will no longer load and play - since the DJ software is attempting to grab the file to load to a deck from the now-dead path.īasically, you plug in the external hard drive and you DJ from it for weeks. Windows has suffered this issue going back to Windows XP ( and likely before, but that’s when I recall it popping up more regularly): It has a nasty habit of re-assigning external hard drive letters.
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