Laptop for editing and hard drive setup

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February 4, 2018
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Hello,

I just got a windows 10 laptop with USB C and USB 3 ports. The OS is on a 500GB SSD.

How do you recommend I setup my hard drives/SSDs for premiere? My Desktop PC has 3 SSd's but obviously I can't fit 3 internally into a laptop.

Should I edit of the OS SSD drive or get a USB C external SSD? Just trying to figure this out. I tested on my PC and a regular HDD external via USB 3.0 isn't cutting it as the read speed isn't that good. Even tried proxies for external HDD and it slows down the timeline if I have heavy intense effects.

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excited_Genie16B8

Legend

obviously I can't fit 3 internally into a laptop.

That's why Laptops aren't the best choice for editing. For organization and cost reasons, I recommend five drives as a starting point.

C: System

D: Project files, stills, audio

E: Cache and Scratch

F: Camera media only

G: Exports

Plus some type of backup solution.

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Offbeat Bryce ProductionsAuthor

Inspiring

should any of them be an SSD external? like a usb c drive?

By the way I still can't get any media to run off a HDD even via SATA III on my Desktop. I even made cineform proxies. What's going on? I have to have all media on SATA III SSD.