Like everyone here, I've never heard of this happening in the almost 30 years of building PC's.
@Reyfox - Just like this Company, my chums around the Planet and here. I’d really like to know why and what SHOULD be the solution. I’ve asked for tracking software that would log just what item of s/w makes this happen. No one has come up with an audit s/w to do this. Pity....
Nothing is as cost effective for storage as mechanical drives.
@Reyfox - Sure. However I was not being clear. I should have said, is there any issue when using Video Media from HDD A, Audio Media on HDD B and using a VegProj residing HDD C then rendering to HDD D whilst the Vegas program resides on an SSD A? This has always worked prior to January this year.
In my computer, I have NVME, SSD, and mechanical drives all working together. You can do all your work on SSD's and then when rendered, store your finished work on a mechanical.
@Reyfox - Sure. Could I have stepped over the Event Horizon and introduced my MONSTA! into a World of Pain?
But since everything is suppose to be good now, I would not "tip toe" around anything. Push the PC beyond it's limits to see if it fails.
@Reyfox - Oh yes..... Please be reassured that I will 😉.
... is there any issue when using Video Media from HDD A, Audio Media on HDD B and using a VegProj residing HDD C then rendering to HDD D whilst the Vegas program resides on an SSD A?
For years using 2 different desktops, I've been doing much the same as this without a problem. Vegas Pro installed on the SSD C drive, all media (video and audio) on the HDD D drive (WD 3.5" black 6TB), and rendering goes to the HDD E drive (currently a Seagate 2.5" 2TB). An HDD F drive (also a 2.5" Seagate 2TB) is used for storage of all the project folders for finalised projects, final renders and DVDA .iso files.
All VP's preference settings like 'pre-recorded audio' are directed to like named folders on the HDD E drive as well. I've never experienced a problem with this arrangement but, if there is or has been a problem, I certainly haven't noticed it.
LET THE GAMES COMMENCE!
They’ve had MONSTA! for 127 days, me, 46 days. The shortest time I had it was for 2 days... ...This has been a horrid experience...
@Grazie This is unacceptable! At this point they just need to give you a FULL refund & let you buy elsewhere! Clearly your workstation-class PC, designed for content creation, is past their ability level... Before my editing side-business took-off I designed & installed content-creation PCs for school computer labs & small businesses. For business owners, I got their PCs working ASAP because they relied on them for productivity. Out of dozens of successful installs, only one gave me serious fits, so I replaced the whole thing, on my dime, then tested & resold the individual parts vs. trusting them in another build... At most that business owner was only out about 1 full day of productivity because I did the swap over a weekend... 127 days of non-productivity is insane!
Seriously, when idle, why would 4 HDDs drop off the Planet?
If I remember correctly, at one point you said you had your SATA drives connected to a PCIe hardware controller. If this is still the case, some controllers come from the factory setup to go to sleep after a specified time of inactivity. This can give Windows 10 & Apps a fit, so you have to go into their bios/setup and tell them not to go to sleep...
In the realm of what I do is it advisable to go SSDs throughout?
It is too expensive to have SSD drives large-enough to handle my 4K intermediate files... An 8TB SSD drive is still $700+ USD..., so on my various editing workstations I have (4-8) $140 8TB SATA drives setup in RAID0 for speed since I keep copies of all files elsewhere on my network... This gives me 400 MB/s to 800 MB/s transfer rates which is fine for target drives & backups. I then reserve my (4) 2TB M.2, setup as RAID0 for size, for source video...
Oh yeah, I’m going for an MRI on my right shoulder. I took a nasty tumble in March, and gradually our COVID19 stressed-out NHS are giving your Pal an MRI today to see what damage has been done.
@Grazie Between COVID & now this, you have been through a lot! BTW, if this is what socialized medicine looks like, 4 months waiting..., we do not want it here in the USA! (I believe my wife & I are both alive today because we were diagnosed & treated very quickly...)
@TheRhino - Well, it was over six trips. They've always been responsive. My wife is getting her cataracts done for free. From Socialized consultation to operation it took 5 days. The other eye is being done this week. All the medication is free. I've had two hips done, for free on the NHS. All my current medication is free. Ah, yes back in 1986 cancer struck and all that Socialized treatment was free.
You don't want it in the USA? I respect your wishes.
Treatment waits in the US are far longer than "socialized" Japan in my experience. You also get little for your money with very high procedure costs. I don't miss it.
PC parts are expensive though so I import hard drives from the US.
@RogerS - I’m sorry this has wandered away from my original, but I must add, that ALL parties Left and Right, thus far, since 1948, are staunch supporters of our National Health Service, a Service that was born out of the desperate need to give free health care at the point of delivery. How was and is this funded? By each week a small amount of money from both employee and boss being contributed towards our National Insurance Fund. Job Done ✅ .
But I respect the wishes of “others” not wanting to have it.
Ha, ha, somehow this got me imagining the possibility of government managed computer maintenance. They might be able to provide you unlimited "free" royal mail and computer repair at a cost of only a ha-penny a minute to you and all your neighbors.