Setting Scratch discs for 3 different projects -- HELP

I have a new mac book pro and I am going to use it for some mobile editing.
I have some scratch files from my imac that apparently didnt migrate to the new ext HD that I copied everything to so I am having difficulty finding the media files "media offline" and I cant find it in the scratch folders.
I think I might have trashed it because it was in a wrong folder or mislabled one...... so here is what I need to know.
on the EXT HD that I am capturing to:
Do I need to set up a scracth "FOLDER" for every different project or just allow all projects to save under the scratch folders that set themselves up after choosing that disc?
I was setting the scratch folders to different folders on the EXT HD trying to keep them separate but I think -----I need to reset after I open up each project to do any editing correct? If not the project i am working on will save under the last project setting ... right?
thanks
any info or links to how to best workflow this would be appreciated.
tim

When you initially set up a Scratch Folder, Final Cut creates a folder labeled "Capture Scratch", then a sub-folder inside with the name of your project. As you create new projects, a new sub-folder will be created with the new names of your project.
In my workplace, because we're Xsan based, and because of the numerous projects that are worked on, we've developed a slightly different practice. Instead of everyone's media residing within one Capture Scratch folder, we build our own folder/sub-folder structure. For example:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/19589/Sample%20File%20Structure.png
We use this method to keep all of our projects separated and organized, while it may seem cumbersome, it has worked really well for us.
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