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ekremer:
I am going to assume that you plugged it into your computer, gave it power, and no new drive popped up in your my computer. I am also going to assume you are running windows xp.

(classic view)
go to start->control panel -> Administrator tools -> double click on computer management
(catagory view)
start -> control panel -> performance and maintenance -> Administrator tools -> double click on computer management.

Under storage go to disk management. If your hard disk is hooked up correctly you will see in this view in the lower pain something that says like disk 1 and size information but no drive associated with it. right click on that and you will probably have to hit partition or format. Follow the instructions from there :)
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Your assumptions are pretty close to right on. Only difference is that I'm using XP Pro, but who's counting. This is information I can use. Thanks. Have to do it later though, as the puter is busy for the next few hours rendering one of my old videos. I keep learning new stuff and going back and tweaking.

I like to make free copies for some people that I travel and dive with, but I think Im going to start having to ask for donations just to help cover the cost of all this
stuff".

I'l post later as to how I make out.
 
As far as I know there is no such thing as a hard drive tailored to video. FYI LaCie does not make hard drives, they make enclosures. Chances are the drive in you LaCie enclosure is a Maxtor drive which are known to be unreliable. I do have an 8 year old FW400 LaCie 200GB drive that still runs great though, but I use it sparingly, only use it as a 2nd backup and never would have bought it if I knew then what I know now.

I've been using G-Tech drives professionally for years and trust their gear.

Billy
 
Empty V:
As far as I know there is no such thing as a hard drive tailored to video.
Billy
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Don't tell Hitachi:

CinemaStar Hard Drives
Optimized with highly efficient power management and quiet operation for digital video applications
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Of course you could claim that about any higher quality 7200RPM drive.
 
ekremer:
I am going to assume that you plugged it into your computer, gave it power, and no new drive popped up in your my computer. I am also going to assume you are running windows xp.

(classic view)
go to start->control panel -> Administrator tools -> double click on computer management
(catagory view)
start -> control panel -> performance and maintenance -> Administrator tools -> double click on computer management.

Under storage go to disk management. If your hard disk is hooked up correctly you will see in this view in the lower pain something that says like disk 1 and size information but no drive associated with it. right click on that and you will probably have to hit partition or format. Follow the instructions from there :)
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OK, did all this. Now when I try to drag and drop a video to drive E (new hd) a window pops up that "drive E is inaccessable. The parameter is incorrect". Now what?
 
ekremer:
I am going to assume that you plugged it into your computer, gave it power, and no new drive popped up in your my computer. I am also going to assume you are running windows xp.

(classic view)
go to start->control panel -> Administrator tools -> double click on computer management
(catagory view)
start -> control panel -> performance and maintenance -> Administrator tools -> double click on computer management.

Under storage go to disk management. If your hard disk is hooked up correctly you will see in this view in the lower pain something that says like disk 1 and size information but no drive associated with it. right click on that and you will probably have to hit partition or format. Follow the instructions from there :)
Click to expand...

Sorry, I went back in and puter says it's formatting. I assume this takes a while. I'll be back later.
 
OK, so now it's formatted. I did the drag&drop thing with some of the files. This is copying, right? Now is it OK to delete them from drive C?
 
Actually unless you held the control key it's probably a move not a copy. So make sure you're deleting from C: and not from the new drive.

Also, depending on what program you use, it may not be able to find your source files the next time you try to use them in your editor as the drive letter has changed now. So you'll have to re-import them from the new location possibly.
 
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