I don't believe there would be any issue with you editing the files right off the PC formatted disk. Give it a go.... format the drive as MS-DOS then drop a DV file on it and try to work with it in your favourite movie editing app. If it opens and saves without issue then you're good to go. Coj Andre Balogh <invicta at xs4all.nl> Yes, but I would be running the External HD with the digitalized Super 8 film on my 17" ALPB to edit and clean-up before I burn the final DVD. Greetings, Andre.