Laptop will not see Firewire camera if Firewire HDD is connected

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17" MBP 2.33Ghz, 3GB RAM, FinalCutStudio2
Ok, so here is my problem.

If I have an external HDD plugged into my laptop using the Firewire 1394b connection and I plug a standard 1394 firewire video camera into my computer the camera will not be seen by my editing program (Final Cut Pro 6) until I disconnect the HDD. Then the camera shows up but the HDD will not if I plug it back in. This makes it very difficult to capture long clips since I use the external HDD as my scratch disk. Whats the deal and how do I fix it???

Josh
 
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ThePaintballGuy
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17" MBP 2.33Ghz, 3GB RAM, FinalCutStudio2
No one has any ideas??? ANything I can try? This is really causing me problems!

Josh
 

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