Comments on: Making the most of your Photoshop scratch disk http://photoshopninja.com/application-setup/making-the-most-of-your-photoshop-scratch-disk/ Expert Photoshop tips and tricks for designers and photographers Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Photoshop Ninja http://photoshopninja.com/application-setup/making-the-most-of-your-photoshop-scratch-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Photoshop Ninja Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:55:08 +0000 http://www.photoshopninja.com/?p=80#comment-1428 Yup, you got it - it is preferable to have your scratch disk on a separate physical drive. Yup, you got it – it is preferable to have your scratch disk on a separate physical drive.

]]> By: Photoshop Ninja http://photoshopninja.com/application-setup/making-the-most-of-your-photoshop-scratch-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Photoshop Ninja Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:48:03 +0000 http://www.photoshopninja.com/?p=80#comment-1423 Sounds like a Windows system issue to me... you wouldn't get that happening on a Mac, sorry! Sounds like a Windows system issue to me… you wouldn’t get that happening on a Mac, sorry!

]]> By: regis http://photoshopninja.com/application-setup/making-the-most-of-your-photoshop-scratch-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 regis Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:55:09 +0000 http://www.photoshopninja.com/?p=80#comment-1422 Is it true that the photoshop app and the scratch disk have to be on the same drive or partition? I thought that the application can be on the drive with the OS (the boot up drive) and the scratch disk can be on a separate striped RAID 0 array. Is it true that the photoshop app and the scratch disk have to be on the same drive or partition? I thought that the application can be on the drive with the OS (the boot up drive) and the scratch disk can be on a separate striped RAID 0 array.

]]> By: Charles From Texas http://photoshopninja.com/application-setup/making-the-most-of-your-photoshop-scratch-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Charles From Texas Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:26:05 +0000 http://www.photoshopninja.com/?p=80#comment-1415 Upgraded to new computer with Win7 8gb Memory and 1 and 2 TB hard drives. Installed my photoshop7.0 and try to switch scratch disk to second drive. Photoshop won't start (have to delete preferences file to get restarted) as it says scratch disk is full but it has over 1.5TB free. Does photoshop 7.0 not recognize large drives or large memory space? Upgraded to new computer with Win7 8gb Memory and 1 and 2 TB hard drives. Installed my photoshop7.0 and try to switch scratch disk to second drive. Photoshop won’t start (have to delete preferences file to get restarted) as it says scratch disk is full but it has over 1.5TB free. Does photoshop 7.0 not recognize large drives or large memory space?

]]> By: Photoshop Ninja http://photoshopninja.com/application-setup/making-the-most-of-your-photoshop-scratch-disk/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Photoshop Ninja Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.photoshopninja.com/?p=80#comment-584 RAID0 stripes your data across several hard drives, but with no backup so it is not really a good idea to use it as if one drive fails all data will be lost. Keep a separate drive for your scratch disk. RAID0 stripes your data across several hard drives, but with no backup so it is not really a good idea to use it as if one drive fails all data will be lost.

Keep a separate drive for your scratch disk.

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