Moving video files from one disk to another

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Background: I was having problems with my secondary HDD
(D:) and then following PapaJohn and John Kelly's advice,
formatted it to NTFS and tuned the DMA settings. All
sorted.
Before undertaking that work I had moved all the existing
files ( a mixture of captured video and completed
projects) onto C:
Problem: That caused wobblies in some of the Collections
and some of the Projects. (Not all, strangely though).
Clips cannot be found and are splatted with an ugly big
red X.
Now that D: is alive and well again I would like to get
the files back onto it as they have taken up a good chunk
of my primary drive.
But I'm concerned that once again (or maybe even with
double the impact, after a second move) I will have
problems with MM2 being unable to locate clips.
Question: Is there any particular way in which it is best
to perform the file transfer in order to avoid such
trouble?
I did have some corresp with PapaJohn a week or so ago in
which he tried to explain to me the relationship (or
rather the lack of it) between Collections and Projects
but I'm afraid it hasn't sunk in. Sorry if I am asking
you to repeat yourself...
Many thanks
CW
 
Hello there,

The big red x is no problem at all. There are two methods you can use all
assuming that the files in question actually do exist.

1) In Movie Maker right click the file and take the option of repairing the
link...this is the less messy way in the short term.

2) Move all of your files relating to movie maker into a coherent directory
structure on the drive of your choice and in a manner/style that you want to
see them presented when using Windows Explorer to add/delete whatever. Then
run Movie Maker and delete all of the dead links. Then from within Movie
Maker create your own structure for your sound effects, musical transitions,
background music etc etc. and at the same time, import from the relevant
directory that you created on the hard drive. This is how mine is arranged,
so that whether I look from Movie Maker, MovieDV or Windows Explorer I get
the same information presented to me....I don't have to wonder "Where did
windows put it" because I have imposed my design on it.

The 2nd option above involves more work up front, that's true enough. But it
has the advantage of removing as much clutter as possible from your C Drive.
In general with Multi Drive systems, the only sort of files you should find
on the C drive are those necessary for the operation of the operating system.
All data should be stored on your second or higher drive. This from the days
when you could take a couple of breaths while you waited for the heads of the
hard drive to seek to the new position :)

Yes a collection is simply a listing of where files are stored...nothing
else. A Project contains direct links to the files, so once the project has
learnt where a file is from the collection database the relationship is cut.
The project file is itself a database...containing all the information it
needs to compile your video

Hope this helps you out.
 
Hey, that worked! Restored the link! Oops, rude to sound
so surprised, sorry, I should expect no less...
Thanks as ever
CW
-----Original Message-----
Hello there,

The big red x is no problem at all. There are two methods you can use all
assuming that the files in question actually do exist.

1) In Movie Maker right click the file and take the option of repairing the
link...this is the less messy way in the short term.

2) Move all of your files relating to movie maker into a coherent directory
structure on the drive of your choice and in a manner/style that you want to
see them presented when using Windows Explorer to add/delete whatever. Then
run Movie Maker and delete all of the dead links. Then from within Movie
Maker create your own structure for your sound effects, musical transitions,
background music etc etc. and at the same time, import from the relevant
directory that you created on the hard drive. This is how mine is arranged,
so that whether I look from Movie Maker, MovieDV or Windows Explorer I get
the same information presented to me....I don't have to wonder "Where did
windows put it" because I have imposed my design on it.

The 2nd option above involves more work up front, that's true enough. But it
has the advantage of removing as much clutter as possible from your C Drive.
In general with Multi Drive systems, the only sort of files you should find
on the C drive are those necessary for the
Click to expand...
operation of the operating system.
All data should be stored on your second or
Click to expand...
higher drive. This from the days
when you could take a couple of breaths while you waited for the heads of the
hard drive to seek to the new position :)

Yes a collection is simply a listing of where files are stored...nothing
else. A Project contains direct links to the files, so once the project has
learnt where a file is from the collection
Click to expand...
database the relationship is cut.
The project file is itself a
Click to expand...
database...containing all the information it
 
Ha!!! You Git :))

As If

Have fun.........

TTFN
CW said:
Hey, that worked! Restored the link! Oops, rude to sound
so surprised, sorry, I should expect no less...
Thanks as ever
CW
operation of the operating system.
higher drive. This from the days
database the relationship is cut.
database...containing all the information it
Click to expand...
 
----- CW wrote: -----

Background: I was having problems with my secondary HDD
(D:) and then following PapaJohn and John Kelly's advice,
formatted it to NTFS and tuned the DMA settings. All
sorted.
Before undertaking that work I had moved all the existing
files ( a mixture of captured video and completed
projects) onto C:
Problem: That caused wobblies in some of the Collections
and some of the Projects. (Not all, strangely though).
Clips cannot be found and are splatted with an ugly big
red X.
Now that D: is alive and well again I would like to get
the files back onto it as they have taken up a good chunk
of my primary drive.
But I'm concerned that once again (or maybe even with
double the impact, after a second move) I will have
problems with MM2 being unable to locate clips.
Question: Is there any particular way in which it is best
to perform the file transfer in order to avoid such
trouble?
I did have some corresp with PapaJohn a week or so ago in
which he tried to explain to me the relationship (or
rather the lack of it) between Collections and Projects
but I'm afraid it hasn't sunk in. Sorry if I am asking
you to repeat yourself...
Many thanks
CW
 
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