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Laptop Disc partitioning for DV Video editing
I have a laptop with a 7200rpm 80GB drive, I want to try to use it for editing DV Video. What is the best way to partition a drive, appz/OS only and video only? Can this work well?
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Recording to the same drive as the OS is never a good idea, partioned or not as disc activity by the OS overrides writing video data as a priority. Far better to use an external firewire drive. This also gives you security as a failed laptop is more likely than an external drive.
It is possible to use the laptop drive but it’s not ideal and a lot depends on the type of laptop and hard drive.
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To answer your question, I would suggest leaving it as 1 partition. You could put it as seperate partitions, but there is really no advantage (other than keeping track of files) to do it this way. Fragmentation is really not a problem either. I have a toshiba p25-s520 laptop and it runs without a hitch. In 6 months I have not seen any pauses or dropouts from the HD. If you do have the money, a external is a great to have. With it you can use the system drive for the conformed audio files.
Scott
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Separate partitions makes it much easier, faster to defrag. And you will want to defrag often.
Separate partitions allow you to turn off system restore (XP) on the editing partition. Also turn off AV by drive letter( I know I know some people don’t believe in AV …)
Firewire drives have their place ( I love them ) but if you are capturing DV over the same port daisy chained, then you may get issues of dropped connections.
A big plus, easy to see what files are what, and manage them as Scott pointed out. Worst place to put files is in My Documents
Easier to share the drive over a LAN. So, partition away
My cruddy old Inspiron only has a 5400 rpm drive and it works like a charm. Not real time but…
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