Can't import or capture video

Newbie question…
When I try to File.. Import.. Movies.. nothing happens.
When I try to File.. Import From Camera.. I get a very quick error message that reads "No Writable Volumes: You must have a writable disk in order to capture video"
When I click on the camera icon (left middle) whose tooltip reads "Open Camera Import Window" the screen comes up and I can see myself; however it has no option for where to "Save to". When I click Capture, the error message reads "Can't Create Event: The import was canceled. You may not have permission to write to (null)."
Thanks very much for any help.

The DVC-80 is a USB device. Premiere only captures via FireWire.
Which video
codec is used inside your .avi files? (You can check with
GSpot
.) If it is any kind of MPEG codec then the tryout version of Premiere won't play it.

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