[nizam]

Hi

Help needed once again, i run out of space in my hard disk, what happens is when i transfer the video it goes straight in to My Documents, So i am thinking about fitting a secondary hard drive Can someone please explain to me or post a link with pictures and instructions how to fit a secondary hard drive in my PC.Also once it is fitted is there any settings i have to do in my Vegas 6.0 so that when i transfer the video it goes straight in to my secondary hard drive instead of My Documents.Please help me , also thankyou very much senu for the software.

Rgds

Nizam

[Azzin]

What about just getting an external USB hard drive?

That is by far your simplest option, as all you need to do is plug one lead into the mains, & the other into the USB socket on your PC!

I noticed yesterday in the paper that PC World have a 400Gb one on offer at the moment for £115...

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/620543

HTH.

[senu]

Originally Posted by nizam

Hi

Help needed once again, i run out of space in my hard disk, what happens is when i transfer the video it goes straight in to My Documents, So i am thinking about fitting a secondary hard drive Can someone please explain to me or post a link with pictures and instructions how to fit a secondary hard drive in my PC.Also once it is fitted is there any settings i have to do in my Vegas 6.0 so that when i transfer the video it goes straight in to my secondary hard drive instead of My Documents.Please help me , also thankyou very much senu for the software.

Rgds

Nizam

You are welcome.
The external USB drives are an option as is the option of buying a bare hard drive and an external case (for £20-30).
The latter option is viable if you have a HDD "to spare" and dont want to open up the PC. I have several in addition to a recent ext 250Gb Toshiba I got from PC World for £75 on sale
In order to put a HDD in your PC, you need to
Know if it takes IDE or SATA HDD
Know about making the drive a master or slave ( by the jumpers at the back.)
Know how to combine using the same IDE channel for optical and magnetic HDD drives to make them work well together
Be a bit comfortable with the idea of Creating partitions and formatting them.

Not a big deal if you know how... a nightmare if you dont!

As for How to get Vegas to use the "non C" HDD, that is a simple matter that can be addressed when the HDD is in place.

I have on one PC 2 HDD, one is solely for video data, rendering temp files, It is partitioned into 2x 100Gb.
The other Has 4 Partitions. The first 3 have 3 different instances of WinXP (in a multiboot setup) and the last just for storage. This kind of setup is probably OTT for many folk ( and a nightmare to fix if it goes wrong) but it just illustrates that you can do pretty much anything with HDDs with a bit of know how
Nizam you can call/Email if you wish re: your mail

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Installing a hard drive.. here is one link
http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading...hard-drive.htm

Do a Google search with how to install a hard drive and you'll find lots more.

As for Vegas: Under options, preferences: You may want to change the "temporary files folder" (general tab) to point to the new drive. Also in DVDA you will want to change the default temporary and prepare folders.

[senu]

Mark,
That is quite useful ( Ill bookmark it myself!)

However it doesnt say anything about SATA HDDs ( which are all Ive had now for the past 2 years).
There are also the little niggles of Creating partitions, formatting them after which one can then point DVDA and Vegas to use the new "drives" ( which you have explained)

Thankfully the Ready made External HDD or one made up by HDD+case make it a bit less crucial to open up the PC .

I guess Nizam will post further queries if any problems arise

[multiply]

Just got one of these beauties - £159 + VAT from Komplett.

Specifically for all my video footage, editing etc. Thought the 500gb capacity would be far-sighted with regard to the upcoming hi-def format....

Completely straightforward to 'install' and works with firewire, USB2, and comes with all necessary connectors. A no-brainer.

[njp]

Originally Posted by senu

In order to put a HDD in your PC, you need to
Know if it takes IDE or SATA HDD

This is a bit picky given the soundness of your other advice, but the distinction is between PATA (formerly known just as ATA) and SATA. Both types are IDE.

[senu]

Originally Posted by njp

This is a bit picky given the soundness of your other advice, but the distinction is between PATA (formerly known just as ATA) and SATA. Both types are IDE.

Thanks for that observation, indeed the SATA is IDE, just a newer implementation but admittedly better for video if available.
I just find that in the PC Hardware shops , (IIRC ) many of the sales staff tend to be too easily impatient if they percieve you are not sure of exactly what you need

In that context its ok to be picky . I too do picky unwittingly, as Im also paid to teach ( apart from the "real" job) and can get pedantic, an occupational hazard and not meant to be offputting.

Sometimes it is easier to answer queries in bite sized bits to avoid going off tangent!

[jblackmore]

Just to add to above, if you choose a USB drive, I would use this for storage of video files etc, but make sure you still use your internal drive for a working area and for any projects you are working on.

USB speed is fine for archiving etc, but as a workspace for your video editing software would slow things down.