If people would stop answering this guy, he would no longer have a reason to complain, or make these statements that he makes, and the questions that he asked. Which are not really to be answered anyway. He just has nothing else to do.
I've never edited my hard drive. I can't afford new ones. :)
But, for HDTV quality Quake 3 footage (1024x768 sequences TGA's) I make a SDTV copy, then a HDTV copy, edit the SDTV, then replace the SDTV with the HDTV sequences. Then render! A LONG LONG render, but render! :)