I have recently been getting into digital video making and I have totally run out of hard disk space on my computer. What is the best way of handling the huge video files without using all of my hard disk space. Its easier to do things like movie making when the files are in the computer, is it not?
2007-05-31 14:56:36 · 11 answers · asked by Oilers Otaki 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
A bigger hard drive or an external USB2 hard drive is your best dolution.
2007-05-31 14:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet; buy another HDD. Make that drive your digital Video making disk. Go with a 80 GB or bigger disk. Most HDD's are becoming rather inexpensive.
It can be an external drive or internal. Internal does help, but you may not see the difference.
Your smaller drive should only contain program files that are needed to run Windows and appropriate programs. All other files should be stored on another disk.
2007-05-31 15:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by Corillan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go with an external. You can get a 2.5" external USB 120GB drive for under $100 (on sale). I've seen 3.5" external USB drives as large as 500 GB at Office Depot and Staples, on sale for under $200, but you have to have a system capable of using a NTFS formatted disk to use over 120 GB. To work with video, what you really need is space. Having a USB external is almost as fast as having a bigger internal drive, and is MUCH easier to work with than upgrading the internal hard disk, and has the advantage of being portable, you can take from one computer to another easily. I went with the 2.5" 120 GB external. I picked up the enclosure on ebay for $10, shipping included, and a 120 GB drive for $80 including shipping, for a total out of pocket of under $100 and I have a drive which fits in my shirt pocket, excluding the connecting cable. Not all USB ports can power a drive such as this one I have. You may need a hub with an external power supply. I have 2 laptops. One has enough USB power, the other needs the exrternal hub power supply, however the advantage is I can use it with either by simply swapping it over.
2007-05-31 15:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not possible to make movies if the files are somewhere other than the computer n which you're making them.
I've found that the easiest thing to do is to buy a large drive (I use an internal drive in a USB adapter box, but you could buy a USB drive) and store the files on that while I need them. Then, when I'm finished working on them, I put them on a DVD and delete them from the hard drive.
2007-05-31 15:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can see if you can upgrade your computer to more memory. Or think about getting a portable harddrive and put any videos that you have completed onto that harddrive and continue to work on new ones on your computer.
Also to free up space run disk cleanup, this removes files that are not important to you and can be removed safely. Also go into add/remove and uninstall any programs you no longer use.
2007-05-31 15:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by Linds 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The new large hard drive have as much as a terabyte of space (1024 Gb). for a reasonable price.
If you can get away with it go with an internal drive. They are much faster, and you won't have the problem some USB drives have. If money is not an issue go with the 10,000 rpm SCSI drives. Smoking fast.
http://www.pricewatch.com/hard_drives/
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2016-10-06 10:14:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats true.....but youre gonna need a minumum of 250GB to work with movie files, Ive found its best to save em as data files on a DVD disk (NOT) Nero backups by the way..........backups only restore id you havent done a restore or cleared your cache.......then delete em off your PC till you want to edit them. Also clear our your projects once youve finished with them, they really hog your memory. External HD sounds like the best option. Coz lets face it you can only edit one movie at a time anyway.
2007-05-31 15:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a portable hard drive with tons of storage for relatively little money . . .
2007-05-31 14:59:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just buy another hard drive (if possible).
2007-05-31 14:59:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋