PP suddenly very slow loading files, generating peak files

Project from yesterday suddenly extremely slow loading, syncing files and generating audio peak files. Using PP 2014.2 on HP Z800. SSD system drive, internal raid and three USB 3 drives connected to USB3 pci-e card. Suspect drive could be hanging up but not sure how to test since all was fine last night. Files are HD 23.98 quicktime prores

I also notice my CC connection needed to be reset several times. The Control Panel internet settings keep switching back on LAN from Automatically detect settings to Use a proxy server. My computer is dual 5650 processors, 24 g ram, so don't see that as problem, especially since this worked yesterday.
Could really use help ASAP
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Experts...
I new in town, and to CS3.
Premier CS3 is working just fine on my system with one major exception...
Ecah time I import media I get a small progress bar in the bottom right corner of the status bar that reports "Generating Peak File for 123.avi" where 123.avi is the name of the file I have just imported.
As this progress bar reaches completion Premier hangs. No error message, just becomes unresponsive.
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Wow, this has been going on for 3-4 hours already.
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The solution? I'm going to edit on my windows desktop.
OMG, what have I gotten myself into?
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My heart sinks so low.
I delete the .pek files and the database files and in the preferences, I set it to save cache and database files to a folder within my project folder.
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Close Premiere. Open Premiere.
Generating Peak File for...
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Footage was captured to disc using OnLocation on a Mac from a Panasonic AG-HVX200a via fireware.
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