Increase ram for photoshop cs2 in xp

hi
i m having trouble saving a 15mb jpg in photoshop cs2.
The error message popup says "Could not save because there is not enough memory (RAM).
The image opens fine. then i make changes in it. but i m not able to save those changes due to ram error.
My pc configuration
Intel P4 with 1.5GB of DDR1 RAM (2GB Max supported)
Windows XP Professional
Adobe photoshop CS2
Photoshop cs2 configuration
Available RAM : 1317mb
Memory used by photoshop : 60% = 790mb
Scratch disk
first : startup
second: none
third : none
fourth:none
Photoshop is installed on c drive and image is in e drive. both drives have 7 GB of free space.
Vineet

A 19 GB drive should be fine as long as it is a standard hard drive. (One that has physical disk platters inside of it)
A solid state drive is similar to a flash drive in that the inside are electronic only, there are no disk platters inside of it. This type of drive is quite new to the market and is much faster that the older hard drives.
Minimum requirements for installing Windows Photoshop CS2: (reference - http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/328/328312.html )
Photoshop CS2 (purchased as a stand alone product)
Intel Xeon, Xeon Dual, Centrino, Pentium class III or 4  processor
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2 or Windows 2000 with  Service Pack 4
320 MB of RAM (384 MB recommended) *
650 MB of available hard-disk space
1024 x 768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
CD-ROM drive
Internet or phone connection required for product activation
Photoshop CS2 (purchased as part of Adobe Creative Suite 2)
Intel Xeon, Xeon Dual, Centrino, Pentium class III or 4  processor
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2 or Windows 2000 with  Service Pack 4 *
384 MB of RAM to run any one creative application with Adobe Bridge  & Version Cue Workspace
Additional RAM required to run multiple applications simultaneously  (512 MB to 1 GB recommended)
2 GB (Standard Edition) and 3 GB (Professional Edition) of available  hard-disk space to install all applications
1024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit or greater video card
CD-ROM drive
For Adobe PostScript printers: Adobe PostScript Level 2 or  PostScript 3
Internet or phone connection required for product activation
Broadband internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and  additional services
QuickTime 6.5 required for multimedia features

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