Photoshop :: Set The Primary Scratch Volume To A Different Physical Drive?
Mar 1, 2005
I have opened Photoshop (7.0) I get a message on the lines of: -
You currently have Photoshop's Primary Scratch & Windows paging file on the same volume which can result in reduced performance.
It recommends that I should set the primary scratch volume to a different Physical Drive.
I have looked at my preferences which I havent changed (not intentionally anyway) and the First Choice is set as Startup and the others have nothing set. I only have my C drive and am unsure how to Zone another area for a second choice. Is it as simple as setting a folder somewhere on the drive. (I have 14Gb free).
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May 28, 2004
"You curently have Photoshop'primary Scratch and Window's primary paging file on the same volume,wich can result in reduced performance.It is recomended that you set Adobe Photoshop's primary Scratch volume to be on a different volume,preferably on a different psysical drive."
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