Importing Video from External Drive

Sadiki

Newbie Joined: Jun 02, 2009 23:06 Messages: 2 Offline

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Jun 02, 2009 23:12

I have spent a few months working on a highlight film for my football team. I have been using video from my external hard drive which is usually the F: drive. For some reason today the drive showed up as H drive even though it's in the same usb port that I usually use. Powerdirector obviously couldn't find the videos in f drive and I was given the option to browse for them. After doing so the project opened but none of the videos have the start and end times that I set. It is ruined! Can someone please help me? thanks.

Cranston

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Aug 17, 2007 02:26 Messages: 1667 Offline

Jun 03, 2009 02:14

Hi Sadiki,

I'm really not a computer tech guy, but I think I would try to get my computer to once again recognize my external drive as "F" again.
Don't know if that will cure your PD problem, but a quick Google search revealed a lot of suggestions of how to force your computer to recognize and associate an external drive with a certain letter designation.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=external+drive+change+letter&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&aq=1&oq=external+drive+cha&aqi=g2

Perhaps if your rig sees an external F drive again, PD will be able to load your project without any flaws or glitches.
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Sadiki

Newbie Joined: Jun 02, 2009 23:06 Messages: 2 Offline

Jun 03, 2009 02:16

You're right Cranston, a google seach showed me how to change the drive name back and my project has been recovered! Thanks a lot!

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Jun 03, 2009 04:36

Aaaaaaaaaah - you're a wonder Mr CRANSTON!

HTH -

Tony
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Cranston

Senior Contributor Location: USA Joined: Aug 17, 2007 02:26 Messages: 1667 Offline

Jun 03, 2009 05:15

Hahaha. Just took a shot in the dark Tony.
Look at the time stamps on the posts. Sadiki had already worked it out, yet still left a kind response.

But your right about one thing. The more folks get to know me, the more they usually start to wonder.

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James W

Senior Contributor Location: Lakeland, FL USA Joined: Aug 18, 2008 10:36 Messages: 911 Offline

Jun 03, 2009 07:44

This is another example of why it is important to export and pack your project when it is finished. Q9300 2.5 GHz
4 GB Ram
Nvidia 9800 GT

Brian

Newbie Joined: Jan 18, 2009 04:13 Messages: 6 Offline

Jun 10, 2009 00:10

What is this "export and pack" feature you are referring to? I can't find it in the help files or user guides for PD 7.

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RobertJ/OZ

Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne Australia Joined: Aug 14, 2006 02:26 Messages: 1209 Offline

Jun 10, 2009 00:56

Hi Brian,

Packing Project Materials, packs your completed project into a file that can be restored later or transferred to another computer for further editing

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Brian

Newbie Joined: Jan 18, 2009 04:13 Messages: 6 Offline

Jun 10, 2009 11:18

Thanks, Robert, for your prompt and very helpful reply. I shall need to send some feedback to the product team, as searching for "pack" and "export" in the help files and user's guide did not turn this up.

Thanks again! --Brian