

This not only improves Pro Tools performance, it keeps your data off the drive the operating system is running on which helps protect it from OS failure.

Use a secondary internal or external hard disk to save all documents and Pro Tools work to.

Create an image of the hard disk using a disk cloning utility and copy it on to an external hard disk or secondary hard disk.Ensure that everything is operating properly for your working needs.Install Pro Tools LE, available updates, Digidesign plug-ins, third party Plug-ins.Configure and optimize the OS for use with Pro Tools.Install latest device drivers for core hardware such as network and display adapters and system devices.Install the operating system you will be using and any available critical updates.You can get back to work when problems occur in the time it takes to restore the image.All applications and settings can be restored to the exact state at the time of the clone.If you have ever had to use a system restore utility or recovery disk from the manufacturer of your computer you have already experienced this process. It is possible to make an exact copy of the data a hard disk contains that can be loaded on to other disks or restored on to the same disk should the need arise. link to popular cloning software available for Mac and PC.provide a brief summary of the disk cloning process.

describe the purpose and principles of disk cloning.If you are using a different setup, your installation process may be somewhat different. The following instructions assume that you’ll be using SuperDuper! and the 2.5" hard drive enclosure to clone onto a new 2.5" drive. To clone your hard drive, we recommend a program called SuperDuper!, by Shirt Pocket Software. Our 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure or one of our Hard Drive Upgrade Kits works great for cloning your drive over. To clone a hard drive, you will need a way to connect the second hard drive to your Mac. If you are happy with your existing operating system installation and would simply like to upgrade your hard drive capacity, you can clone your existing hard drive to your new drive. Then, either use internet recovery or create a bootable external drive so you’ll be ready to install macOS onto your new drive and migrate your data afterward. Instead, to move your data to a new drive, first create a backup of your existing drive. IMPORTANT: Cloning the hard drive is not recommended if you have a Mac that uses a recovery partition (MacOS 10.7 - present) or internet recovery (2011 - present). NOTE: With the introduction of macOS Catalina, certain steps in this guide are out of date. (SuperDuper is now compatible with Big Sur & Monterey.) This guide will go through the process of cloning your existing software, OS, and data to a new hard drive.
