FCP - Rendering & Reconnecting the files

Hi
Rending-
I'm facing slow speed on the rendering and prepare video in Final cut.
The Video info is "1920 x 1080" & "Codecs: Linear PCM, MPEG-2 Video"
I think maybe because the sequence setting do not have the option for me to match with original files. I have rending each time when I move around the clip in the time line. And each time I'm rending it takes about a hour for 20 mins footage. When I try to write the video take even longer.
Reconnect the offline files-
After I have transfer the date to another external hard drive. I know the filing system can not recognize change location's files. But how do I set one time for FCP to recognize the new files with reconnect every time when I reopen the fcp?
Thank you

Two questions:
1. How much is your time worth?
2. Is this material going for theatrical or broadcast release?
If the answer to question 1 is "a great deal" or the answer to question 2 is "no", then it makes a great deal of sense to convert the material to ProRes LT (or ProRes if you are on FCP 6)
If the answer to #1 is "nothing at all" or the answer to #2 is "it is scheduled for release next year", then leave the material in it's native state and suffer your way through it.
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http://www.redmoonlight.com/Picture3.png
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