I am running PS7 on an XP SP2 system with 512 MB ram and a slow processor.
Forget about where you place the scratch disk. Increase your RAM to at least 1Gb and ideally 2Gb.
On second thought get a new computer.
I did get a new computer after waiting 8 years and shortly thereafter my home was burglarized and it was stolen so I can’t afford one at this time. My machine is maxed out on the allowed memory installed.
Is your second drive showing up under My Computer? If so, I’m afraid I can’t imagine why PS wouldn’t recognize it.
Yes it is there and Photoshop is installed on that drive but it is creating the scratch disk on the C: drive temp folder,
Why is Photoshop not installed on the C drive? I think that is where it should be. Q
Frankie, try switching it around like Q said. If your second drive is the fastest, that’s where the scratch should be, and the scratch should be on a separate drive from where PS is installed.
I originally had it on the C: drive and still could not assign the scratch to D:. I have it on the D because it is a faster drive and the C: drive, which is only 20GB is 3/4 full. Most all of my graphics programs are on the D: drive and I have no problems except not being able to assign the scratch disk and wondered if it might have something to do with permissions?
Sorry, I’m out of guesses, but having the scratch on a separate drive is the only way I know of to improve scratch performance.
How much free space is on C and D drive? Are both drives defragmented? The scratch operation can defragment a disk in a hurry. Some say not to fill a disk more than 3/4 full as then there is not room to reorganize files to properly defragment.
Possible PS thinks the D drive has insufficient space? If using large RAW files it can take a huge amount of disk scratch space.
There is only 6 gigs free on C whereas there are 48 gigs on D. It would’nt let me move the scratch disk even when D was first installed. C is quickly running out of space as it is only a 20 gb drive and I have removed everything I can from it and put it on D. When Photoshop is running C only has about 4 gbs due to the scratch, hence one of the reasons I don’t want it there plus as I said D is the faster drive.
get a big fast drive for under a hundred bux and start fresh with a new windows install. that drive is too small for today’s system needs.
