Working with programs and files in different drives

[burnselk]

I recently purchased hardware called "ADS Tech Pyro A/V Link" to capture my analog (vhs and 8mm tapes) video so I could edit the video then burn it to DVD.
The Pyro A/V Link came with Adobe Premiere Elements version 1.0 which is used to capture, edit, and send the finished video to my DVD burner.
I installed program software (Adobe Premiere Elements) on my master drive (HD 1) before thinking anything about how I would need to use a larger drive to store my saved video. My master drive is only 40 GB and is nearly full already. My new slave is 250GB (only 137GB until I determine how to partition it so I can use the entire 250GB).
By the way, both drives are internal and I have Windows XP Home Edition.
Now to my question. Is there a way for me to save my captured video to my slave drive and still call it up into the program software on my primary drive so I can work with it (edit it and send it to my internal dvd burner)?
I guesss the bottom line is: will I have problems accessing the captured video if it's on a different drive different from the program software? If so, what can I do to resolve my problem? Can the program software be installed on the slave drive?

Downloaded video uses lots and lots of hard drive space and I need to keep it all of on my slave drive if at all possible. If not, I'll be extremely limited on the size of my captured video....plus this arrangement won't work because my tapes are long and will require more space than my master drive has available (only 4.5GB left).

I'm told that 1 hour of downloaded video uses about 13GB of memory on a HD....and I have lots of video to download from my old tapes. And, it all has to be edited with the Adobe Premiere software before being sent to the DVD burner.
My new 250 GB drive was intended to be used primarily for downloaded video.

Right now I have about 6GB of downloaded video on HD 1 that I'd like to move to HD 2.
If this will work (having the editing software on one drive and the video that needs to be edited on another drive) will it be easy for me to move the 6 GB file (my first captured video project) of video from HD 1 to HD 2? What would be the easiest and safest way to do this?

My goal is to keep all of my downloaded video on the slave drive.
Hope this makes sense. Sure would appreciate your help with my project.

[degsy]

Just check the settings in Premier. You should be able to set the save path to any location.

[burnselk]

By the way Degs.....I found a way to set it to save it to my newly installed hard drive....but after capturing video for about 25 minutes all of a sudden it stopped and rebooted my computer....something about a problem that had to be reported to MS. After the reboot, I started the capture process again and it went alone fine for about 25 minutes again and then bang...the same thing!

I was thinking maybe I forgot to do something to my new 250GB hard drive after I installed it. I used the installation CD that came with it.

By the way, when I first used the capture device I captured the movie to my master drive and it went fine....no problems (except I'm down to less than 4.5 GB on that drive). That's why I installed a large HD....for my video.

Tell me. Do I have to format this new hard drive or not? If so, why?

The new drive seems to accept data (via capture device) for at least 25 minutes....or could it be something interfering with Adobe Premiere? Like McAfee AV? I just installed that too.

I need to find out what is causing the capture process to stop and require a reboot of the computer. This is nuts.

By the way....thanks for responding....can you help me further?

[Rainbow32]

Check XP's event viewer for more info on what is causing your computer to reboot. Could also be a heat problem with running a second drive. Try running the computer with the cover off to rule this out.

[degsy]

Is your drive NTFS?

[burnselk]

Originally Posted by degsy

Is your drive NTFS?

Yes it is Degsy.....

[burnselk]

But, and this is strange but I need some advice on this.

I can go to windows Start->Search Files and Folders and type in the name of the AVI file I captured and saved and search for it and find it at "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Adobe\Premiere Elements\1.0" and there it is (all 6.4+GB of the AVI file) but since it's buried within this "string" (C:\Documents and .................) I can't very well move just the AVI file over to my slave drive by itself....unless you know some way to do it. If you do, that's what I need to know....please.

Do you think moving the entire "string" (don't know what else to call it) over to the F drive (slave) will cause my Adobe Premeire Elements 1.0 software program (which was installed on the C drive) to become corrupt and not work at all?

I don't know what to do. Can you help?