Rearranging scratch disks on already-started project?

I have ~164G of captured HD footage from one dive trip on a large external drive, and have begun reviewing, sorting and rough-cutting the clips for a FCE 3.5 project. No sequences as yet, no rendering.
If I were to move the captured footage (using Finder) to a different external drive (the G-Raid mini 200GB, easy to tote around) and reset System Settings to reflect this, setting Video & Audio Capture to the G-Raid and Render files to the G-raid and the Mac HD, would I be able to disconnect all other external drives and open & work on my project using just the MacBook and the G-Raid?
I would then have >20GB available on the G-Raid and ~95GB on the Mac HD for rendering, and my sequences are short, 6-7 minutes max, and simple.
It is getting onerous to have to shlep along everything I've ever shot if I want to work on my video away from home. AND I seem to be getting a lot more "spinning beachball" for simple things like playing back in the Viewer since I connected a fourth external drive recently.
A forum search came up with nothing but the standard advice that System Settings are user and system, not project dependent. Can't believe that you're stuck forever with what you laid out on Day One!
Thanks for any advice, references,workarounds,
Sharron Sussman

I'm capturing HDV off a Sony HDR/HC7, i.e. capturing "NOW". All I can do is name the tape I'm capturing, and I use a date-plus-location filename for this. FCE names each captured clip uniquely with that filename plus a sequential numeric suffix. I put all of them in a Browser bin I call "captured footage" for the project and review them all, selecting and rough-editing the ones I want to use.
In a second bin called "Clips" for the project, I sort all these copied clips into a set of sub-bins, like "Divers," "Fish," "Invertebrates," etc. The filename of the source clip stays with the derived clip wherever it goes in the "Clips" bin, though I do modify each derived clip to a new Master Clip.
I add some kind of title to each clip I review, but I don't do it in the Filename column - I use the Log Note column. Sometimes I pull more than one clip out of a captured clip, and give them different "titles." But I NEVER change a Filename!
It seems to be working so far...
Only 2 hours to go on the Capture Scratch copy - I can hardly wait!
sharron

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