Hey computer folks, I've been working at installing my huge synth bundle (around 300GB between 7 synths) and it's taking forever! Each program's sound library is about 30 GB and the installer usually craps out so most people drag and drop a few folders a day into the sound libraries (folders) once the program and file allocations on disk #1 install but it's so slow even this way! I have to dedicate at least a whole night to installing one program, so if I'm lucky and Buddha is smiling upon me, I can get one set installed in one night. Symphonic Choirs worked that way anyway. The Brass instrument disk for my orchestra is messed up so they're sending me a new one that should be here by noon...
Anyway, my question is: Is there any way to make the computer put all its resources into the file transfer I have a quad core and basically nothing runs on this PC (just enough processes to keep it conscious) so shouldn't it be moving the files faster?
As an aside, are the external Hard drives any good? Are they like Sata2 speed (7200 RPM)? Any recommendations on brand? I'd sure like to move all the huge sound libraries to a dedicated USB HD and NEVER have to sit through this again and only have to setup the actual program installation which only takes like 8 seconds.
Anyway, my question is: Is there any way to make the computer put all its resources into the file transfer I have a quad core and basically nothing runs on this PC (just enough processes to keep it conscious) so shouldn't it be moving the files faster?
As an aside, are the external Hard drives any good? Are they like Sata2 speed (7200 RPM)? Any recommendations on brand? I'd sure like to move all the huge sound libraries to a dedicated USB HD and NEVER have to sit through this again and only have to setup the actual program installation which only takes like 8 seconds.