Hello there,
Thanks very much for your reply. The speed of the drive is 7200. I have tried to capture using ; Pinnacle, Premiere, Windows Moviemaker, DVIO, Win DV and Virtual Dub. They all worked and dropped frames except Virtual dub. Virtual dub did a test of both drives and said they dropped no frames. However when I actually tried to capture video with it it didnt capture anything at all. I'm sorry thats probably my fault but I have looked through all the help files and instuctions and settings options and cannot find any reason for it not to work. Anyway the fact that none of the other programs captured without dropping frames is saying some thing isnt it? I have optimised both disks today, no difference. The bigger drive is brand new and almost empty. By the way the amount of frames dropped is a third or more of the total. I haven't had any problems with the camera itself before. Such a large amount of frames; does this mean there is some essential mistake I am making or can that just happen anyway due to a minor problem?
I hope you can help as I have already jumped the gun and committed to myself to two different projects. I am desperate not to end up with egg on my face. Thank you again for your time.