{"id":12923,"date":"2001-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=12923"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"upgrade-hard-drive-masterlink","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/upgrade-hard-drive-masterlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I upgrade the hard drive in my MASTERLINK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YES and NO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Per Alesis,<br \/>the New Masterlink operating system will support up to an 80gig drive but Alesis recommends that you stay with the drive that is built into the machine. The main reason for this is the cooling factor inside the machine. 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