Where does UVS 9 Operate the best

[Stewart]

I have installed UVS7+ 8 + 9 on C drive which is fat32 20G and has 4G free.
I store my video files on G drive which is ntsf 80g.
I Save the Video files I am working on. Onto F drive which is ntsf 80G.
Is it better to install Videostudeo9 onto F drive which has a lot more free space 40G free?
Also should I uninstall VS7 + VS8?

Any help would be appeciated.

Stewart

[GeorgeK]

Good configuration.
Leave UVS 7, 8 if you want to.

I guess you have a reason for keeping your C drive as FAT 32 ?

However as far as I know, this should not be an issue at all for you.

I can see no reason for you to change what you have set up. I currently have VS6, 7, 8, 9 installed onto the C Drive. This is no issue to UVS, only I would have to ask myself is "why, why waste the space since I will only be using VUS9" ? Well I am lazy, it is working and at this stage, I cannot be bothered to change the system.

Since, from what I can see, you have pointed all you UVS temporary and working folders to your NTFS partitions, I see no issues with 4GB limits of FAT32. You have a very simular configuration to myself. Just remember (as it has been pointed out on this board), that the UVS9 "Create Disk" option now has its own setting for its temporary files, you should set this to point to, say, your F drive.
Select "Create Disk" from UVS's Share tab, in the "Create Disk" dialogue box, select the bottom, left most icon for Preferences, and set the "Working folder:" to your preferred drive and folder, eg, F:\UleadTemp (you will have to create the folder first, naturally). Then after creating a DVD, you can delete the temporary folders and files it creates in this location (I am fairly sure it does not clean up after itself).

[Stewart]

Thanks George,

I have been told I should be able to change my C drive to NTSF with out any problems. It is just the way it was set up when I first bought my computer.

Stewart

[joosuna]

Stewart, the only problem I had with the FAT32 file system was the 4GB limitation which limited my projects to around 18 minutes. So I changed it
to NTSF and now no longer have the 18 minute limitation. Only caveat
in converting to NTSF is that it is a non reversable process ( according to the internet instructions ).

[Stewart]

Thanks Joosuna
It is good to know about the problem you had with Fat32 + 4G.
I will Change to NTSF.

Stewart

[THoff]

You can convert a drive from FAT32 to NTFS using a utility provided by Microsoft -- you don't need to reformat or reinstall. To convert a drive to NTFS, use

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convert D: /fs:ntfs

from a command prompt, where D: is the drive letter of the drive you wish to convert. For more information, see this article.

[Stewart]

Thanks THoff
You have save me some time and trouble hunting for the info.

Stewart
Christchurch
New Zealand

[Trevor Andrew]

Why change it.

You say you only have 4 Gb free on the C drive
Changing the drive to Ntsf will not increase the spare capacity.

There may be other benefits to changing????
in your case you will still have the 4Gb limit.

Why mend a toy when its not broken.