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Hi everybody I have a video editing machine with a 4TB HDD for storing video files on and a 2TB SSD where I put the project files and clips I am editing. When I copy a folder full of files (up to 300GB-worth) from the HDD to the SSD it starts copying at a fair old lick – 2-2.5GB/s but then...

I only went to make a cup of tea and when I came back the studio had a slight fog and a smell of hot electronics about it. Actually, make that burnt electronics. Luckily, this is not my main video editing machine anymore. I used it to run Photoshop and do VHS tape-to-digital conversions plus...

Hi, I have a multi-drive video editing machine that is making the 'Device Disconnect' and then instantly the 'Device Connect' sounds randomly, two or three times a day. I am not disconnecting anything at the time, and it doesn't seem to interrupt my editing processes, other than by irritating...

I'm building a new professional video editing PC to handle 4k footage and after a couple of weeks collecting great advice from this forum, the Adobe forums and a US-based specialist PC builder I've arrived at this spec: Case CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) Intel®...

Hi everybody, I'm looking at this spec and I want to install the OS and video editing program on the SSD. The configurator wants me to put them on the NVMe drive in the 1st M.2 slot, but advice elsewhere recommends I put project files and source media here. I edit with Adobe Premiere. Why...

Hi guys I need help. My seven-year-old PC Specialist build is struggling with 4k video editing. It's time to spend some cash. I edit HD and 4k video with Adobe Premiere Pro. The PC Specialist recommended build for Adobe Premiere Pro uses a Xeon E3 processor (quad core E3 1240V6) together with...

I'm a video producer and after seven happy years with my PCSpecialist-built editing PC, I need to replace it with a machine that can handle 4k video editing. I've modified the video editing spec machine recommended for Adobe Premiere Pro because I will run it from the Samsung SSD in my current...

Hi all. I'm a film-maker and over the past couple of years I've found myself needing to edit on the road. I sometimes work from a campervan and offer clients the chance to see rough edits on the same or next day. My old Macbook Pro is struggling with the workload so I'm looking for a fast new...

My Win10 PC often goes through the BIOS boot-up and then tells me: "Reboot and Select Proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". If I Ctrl+Alt+Del it reboots fine. If I check BIOS settings and Save, it boots OK about five times then fails again. I have...

I am having trouble upgrading my Adobe video editing software and in order to try to fix an issue I tried a reboot. Now the machine goes through the BIOS stage OK and then as soon as the Windows animation finishes, when I would expect to see the login screen, I get a short flash of blue screen...

Hi all I've had my video editing PC for a couple of years and overall I'm really happy with it. I originally specified a 75GB SSD for W7 and all my applications, believing that would be enough. Two years on, I'm using almost 70 of those precious GB and wonder if that's too much. The machine...

Hi all I just installed two new HDDs in my five-drive video editing PC and configured them according to Adobe's recommendation. All drives have been renamed apart from C:. Drive C: has OS and programs. Drive D: has all my raw footage and Premiere project files on it. Drive E: is for caches and...

Hi guys I've just put my system back together after an office move and everything seems a little bit sluggish. Email client takes ages to open, as does 'empty recycle bin'. My Wacom tablet driver failed to load twice. I put it down to the cold weather or a new year hangover at first, but now...

Hi all When I turned on my computer earlier this week, I started to hear a rattling noise that sounded like one of the cooling fans. As I pulled the box from under my desk it stopped, so I pushed it back in again. Tonight the same thing happened, so I pulled it out more carefully this time and...

I shut down this evening after some intense video editing. On shutdown my machine said it was installing two updates. I realised I was also in the middle of a Dropbox upload, so waited until the machine shutdown then restarted it. It will not boot into windows. It boots through the bios screen...

I turned off my PC as usual last night and noticed it was doing an automatic update. This morning I turned it on and after the bios screen I get the message "invalid partition table". Erm. Help!

I'm starting to think hi-spec PC ownership is a bit like running an Italian car or having a demanding girlfriend. I've learned to live with both at one time or another, but eventually gave up in frustration. Less than a week after a replacement graphics card fixed the video output problem...

I have a video editing PC with GTX 470 graphics card. About once a week, without warning, the screen goes black. I get the small alert bottom right saying "DVI" first, then "no signal". I've checked the connections but nothing restores the video signal other than a force restart, which W7...

Hi guys I'm loving my new video editing machine. I have an 80GB SSD for the OS and Adobe CS5 (plus Office and a few other apps). Windows 7 Pro is supposed to take up 20GB and 'Programs and Features' tells me I have 62 programs installed, taking up 4.6GB. But Properties of C: tells me I am...

Hi guys I make HD movies and need a machine that will fly through editing and rendering tasks, outputting to various video formats quickly and easily. I also use Photoshop and would like to create 360 degree panoramas by stitching hi-res images together. And I want a big (27in) monitor. What...