How bad is it to use only one hard drive? :)

Hello,
I've read a few posts saying I should setup my computer with 2-3 hard drives (OS, media, scratch). The hard drive setup guide on this forum said that a single hard drive 'would not work'.
Can anybody clarify this? I would be editing HDV. Would I literally not be able to use Premiere Pro, would it just be sluggish, or for HDV would this be perfectly fine?
Thanks!

phill_r
Any Core i7 CPU along with the sytem drive can edit native HDV just fine . You will even be able to do multiple layers in realtime. Using two drive would be better but you don't need it. Check out the video to the link below. The video shows a good hard drive solution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3faYro5MjQ

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