NOTE THAT ExFat Formatting is not recommended

Note that the hard drive should be a USB external hard drive not a "Flash Drive"

Don't use a USB stick for editing

Use a Good Branded External USB Hard Drive

Recommended Hard Drives for Non-Linear Editing

How to format Hard Drives using Windows and Mac Operating Systems

AVID - How to Batch Import Offline Audio


AVID - Deleting Media Databases

You may have a file or folder named with unsupported naming conventions 

AVID - File Names - How to name files and folders


AVID - Retrieve Files from the Avid Attic