I deleted my capture scratch disk

yea so i just threw away my capture scratch disk how do i get them back im freaking out i cant capture any vidoe

The capture scratch folder will be automatically created if it doesn't exist, in the location specified for capture scratch under Final Cut Express -> System Settings. If there is no location specified, you should specify one.
If that doesn't solve the problem, it's probably an entirely different problem, in which any seeing any error messages you're getting would be helpful.
FYI: I'm an FCP user, so I'm only guessing at the menu configuration. If you can't find it, look around for scratch disk settings.

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