JUST GOT FINAL CUT STUDIO (UPGRADE) in the mail!!!

Hi Forum! Long time no chat. I send off my FCP 4 Disk to Apple and just got the new FCP Studio disks in the mail! Whooo hoooo!
SO, question, I've read a lot of horror stories by people installing this and having thier "perfect FCP 4 System" lock up on them...
Is there a link I can go to for "proper preparation" of my current FCP set up (saving a back up, etc.) in order to insure a "perfect install" the first time?
ALSO: I just picked up a nifty little Sony HVR-A1U HD1080i camera...and was wondering a bit on "Capture Cards"....I am going to attend a Larry Jordan Seminar next week in Boston, certainly going to learn about that...but wanted to do some research on options/pricing before I go...
Thanks forum! Just FYI...great forum! I've learned a lot from you guys...projects as of late have come out "picture perfect"
MW

http://www3.telus.net/bonsai
No experience with the firestore - is there a HDV model now ? - seems like an additional complication (what if it runs out of charge / space etc.)
I record once to a tape, rewind it and capture it in one go when its full - no timecode shuttling (which does not seem to work very well from HDV footage anyway) so I don't think drive wear is that excessive. Once its on hard drive, I use it from there. I will put an edited 'master' back to a fresh tape.
Personally, I would get a second camera instead of a deck, one that offers something different from the one I have, but is tape compatible, so the HC3 for example to go with the A1 - you may have different requirements. (In my case, I might get a A1 to go with the Z1).
Pro's would go with a separate deck, of course, and I'm not suggesting you don't.

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