Setup for Premiere Pro on Laptop with SSD/HDD I am about to install Premiere Pro on a laptop with 500gb SSD and 750gb HDD, how can I optimise it in terms of where to install the OS, other apps and where to put the video files. I also have an external drive where I store footage, am not sure if that should come into the mix.

Thanks
The question is whether disk performance is critical in your normal workflow, in which case you'd want to place the footage on the SSD.

I have a similiar setup with Sony Vegas and I observed that, disk performance is rather uncritical during rendering, because it's always the processor that's the bottle neck. But your situation may differ from that. Especially, if you have a very fast CPU and a very slow HDD.

Alternative 1:

The following configuration works well for me:


OS on SSD to have fast boot time
Vegas/Premiere on SSD to have fast startup time
Video footage on HDD to have all footage in a single location.
External drive for backuping your footage
All other stuff: where-ever there is room left. Just make sure there is enough storage for your videos on HDD. 750GB fill up very quickly with HD footage ;-)


Disadvantage: May be slow with fast CPU's and slow drives. Project opening times may be slow as well.

Advantage: Fast boot and programm start. All footage in one place.

Alternative 2: 

Of course, if OS+Premiere+Video fits to the SSD, put it there. This will give you the fastest experience. Plus the option to have a very fast backup to the HDD and a second slower backup to the external drive.

Advantage: Fast. Double backup.

Disadvantage: Not much storage for footage.

Alternative 3: 

Put OS+Premiere to SSD and video to HDD. Place the one project that you're currently working on to SSD. This configuration is also very fast, but I sometimes experience issues with moving projects across the drives, so I try to avoid that. 

Advantage: Fast.

Disadvantage: Possibly issues with moving footage/projects around.