Upgrading pro tools question.

[Necromaniac]

I want to upgrade from pro tools 6.4 to the new 7.3. I downloaded the upgrade and when I go to install it on my computer It tells me to uninstall the old 6.4 version. If I uninstall the old version will that erase all the songs and audio files I have or will that just erase the hardware?

 

[Flangerhans]

You needn't worry about erasing your hardware, it will exist no matter what sort of uninstall you do. To be sure of keeping your projects intact, I suggest backing them up to a removable media before uninstalling your pro-tools. Make sure to save the actual wav files, as well as the pts files.
Hope this is of use to you.

 

[Nandoram]

If you're using ProTools, you should have your sessions (including the audio, etc.) on an external harddrive. You should only be running the software off the C drive. It's recommended. If you have the session files on an external harddrive, this will prevent them from ever being erased. Having the sessions on your C drive will eventually (over time) cause wear to the C drive, because of the amount of information required for the writing and re-writing of sound files.

You can find a good harddrive for about $100 or so.

If you have a D drive, move the sessions over there, and then uninstall the original program version before you install the new one.

I'm getting ready to do this, myself. I don't believe uninstalling ProTools will delete the folder where you have your sessions, but it's better not to take the chance.

 

[SonicAlbert]

Yes, back up the files. If you have for some reason saved files into a ProTools folder that might be replaced in the upgrade, you might lose your files.