Help with Photoshop Scratch Disks

[KiwiFreak]

Hi all, I'm having a problem opening a .psd file in photoshop, it comes up with an error message saying something like "cannot open file because the scratch disks are full" The file is only around 20Mb and I have no other files open. I have no idea what to do, please help.

[simon snowflake]

maybe if you put it on your harddisk first ?

[Mr Jones]

Go try it on someone elses machine
Go try open it in some other graphics app, PSP for example
Go try re-booting your machine
Go check for virsus that may be filling your spare memory with gunk

If all else fails you could always .....

PANIC!!!!!

[KiwiFreak]

It is already on the hard drive, it when I'm trying to reopen it that im having problems, I'm starting to wonder if the file is corrupt.

[Mr Jones]

On a more helpfull note..
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/19dde.htm
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/500a.htm
http://www.aztectraining.com/hints_tips/pshop_hints_prefs.htm


Second one is really helpfull


Google results. (http://www.google.com/search?q=photoshop+scratch+disks&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&sa=n&oq=photoshop+scratchdisks)

[skinme!]

Mmmm Google. Google Google Gooey Doo. Yes, that's rights. Gee Gee Google.

Does anybody remember life before Google?

[simon snowflake]

altavista?

[Jellby]

and then astalavista :D

Kiwi, you could check your scratch-disk settings in photoshop.

[skinme!]

I feel all weft owt. I want a scwatch disk. What's one of them anyway? Astalavista = good, Altavista = bad

[simon snowflake]

about 6 or 7 years ago, altavista was as far as I know the best

[Jellby]

It's not a special disk, it's the way photoshop names the disk where it writes the temporary information.

[dam]

Scratch disk is like virtual memory.

[Nini]

Originally posted by simon snowflake



about 6 or 7 years ago, altavista was as far as I know the best



;)





but you can't find everything with google.. :p ;)

[papadoc]

I was just passing through on my way somewhere else,
and saw this.
Hope I'm not to late to help.

From Adobe Online Help:

"When your system does not have enough RAM to perform an operation,
Photoshop and ImageReady use a proprietary virtual memory technology,
also called scratch disks.
A scratch disk is any drive or a partition of a drive with free memory.
By default, Photoshop and ImageReady use the hard drive
that the operating system is installed on as its primary scratch disk."

To correct this error:

Scratch Disk is Full (http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/c1c6.htm).

(This is a question on the ACE exam)

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