re-installing pro-tools

[thomaswomas]

i'm thinking of giving my laptop a new year clean-up by totally wiping the hard drive and re-installing my os as it seems to be acting a little strange lately and slowing down.

so i was wondering how this would affect my pro tools and waves plug-ins etc. obviously i'd have to re-install all my software, and was just wondering if it's ok for me to do this, as you can only have your pro-tools running on one computer. will this clean install go down as me installing pro-tools on a second computer.

sorry if i come across as being very naive, but i wanna be 100% sure before i wipe my laptop.

thanks

 

[J-Lane]

I do a complete wipe once a year or so just to get things running good again. I'm pretty sure you should be OK reinstalling Pro-Tools again as long as its the same computer. I have done it about 4 times now and not had any issues. To wipe your HDD i suggest using a program called D.B.A.N. It's a great program made to completely wipe every HDD on your computer. This works way better than just doing a reformat with Windows. Keep in mind though that this program can sometimes take a while to complete. Here is a link to the web site. I have all my friends using it and they can't believe how fast their computer runs afterwards. Good luck.

 

[pezking]

There's absolutely nothing stopping you installing Pro Tools on as many machines as you wish.

There's no connection to a remote server for example to register your computer with.

As a result, you'll be absolutely fine installing Pro Tools again.

 

[philbagg]

There's absolutely nothing stopping you installing Pro Tools on as many machines as you wish.

There's no connection to a remote server for example to register your computer with.

As a result, you'll be absolutely fine installing Pro Tools again.

+1

I have Pro Tools LE installed on my PC, laptop, and Mac all from the same disc. It won't be a problem.