How to move all FC X files to another drive?

I want to move all my FC X stuff. Everything currently resides on a Western Digital Firewire 800 eSATA drive. I'm working on a MacPro tower with 20 GB of RAM and 4 cores. I'm not overly pleased with the performance when FC X accesses this drive and it gets hot, really hot (burn your hand hot) when backround rendering for large files. I suspect moving the whole kit and kaboodle to an internal SATA would improve overall performance a bit and I can use smcFanControl to regulate the temperature.
The question: By doing this will FC X lose all the links to the source files that I've already used in projects? If so, how do I reconnect media?
I have about two tons of source footage that I imported from cam archives primarily as an excersise when I was first beginning to learn about importing footage in the new app, so much of it is not critical (I can always reimport from the original archives safely held on another drive) however, they've already been analysed and sorted into smart collections at this point and I may want to use some on future projects. So - should I delete events not used in projects thus far and then properly move the ones that are used in projects via the Move command in the FILE drop down menu or just copy all the files and folders in the FC X folder on the eSATA drive to the internal drive via the finder? I'm not currently in the middle of any projects. All have been succesfully completed and rendered out as movies. The clients are all happy and the most important thing - the checks all cleared, so no worries there. Benefits? Pitfalls? Any opinions? We're talking about 1.5 TB of data here.
Jimbo
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WizOfAhhhs wrote:
VERY USEFUL answers! Unfortunately they don't have a button for that.
Now there's an idea...! maybe worth sending apple feedback about their discussion group
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
I just noticed you're a Bruce from down under. I just returned from Sydney where we worked on the pyro displays for the new year show in the harbor. Hope you got to see the show and enjoyed it. Channel 9 covered it very well, I thought. Posted on uTube. Too bad they didn't put it up there at higher resolution. Maybe it's on Vimeo in hi-res, haven't checked.
Hahah... that's too funny, Bruce from down under. Yes Bruce is a common ozzy names just as much as Scott, Gavin, Turner etc.... But yeah how lucky are you...!
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
Ausie to the rescue!!! Thanks for all the help, Blimpie. All files successfully moved and linked to current projects. FCP X running much more smoothly/faster and no more BAD ACCESS errors causing crashes.
That's cool Jimbo, glad I could help. Next time your here in Sydney pop me an email, we should meet up.
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
I guess the eSATA firewire 800 drive was just not quite fast enough for constant read/write access or maybe it was overheating. I put all the camera archives over there and everything seems fine now.
Shouldn't be the case, I've cut successfully from a 500gb My Passport Studio HD But keeping in mind I transcode my media.
WizOfAhhhs wrote:
BTW, the really large events files not referenced in any current projects were able to be moved via the finder much faster than from within FCP X without any noticeable problems.
I always transfer via finder however I try not suggesting that because it's something you have to feel very comfortable with.
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.... Happy editing
Tony

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