i know i have a separate drive but what happened was when i trashed preferences and launched final cut again all of a sudden my boot drives says i have 1.95 gig available when i know i have 90gig on boot drive alone.
yes it is Mac OS Extended. my video is hooked up through a jvc dv/dvcam deck firewire. but when i captured through the powerbook i am going in using dv/analog converter (canopus)