Assigning a Scratch Disk in Indesign CS5

Hello,
I just installed CS5 after working with CS4. This may be a silly question... but I am wondering if there is a way to assign a scratch disk in Indesign CS5?
I have located something in Preferences > file handling - Document Recovery Data. I see that you can browse and select a folder for recovery data to go to but I don't think this is what I am looking for.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the scratch disk is used to temporarily store information such as things you've copied & pasted and helps alleviate memory issues? When I was working in CS4 I had a memory error issue and we fixed it but installing more memory and assigning an external hard drive specifically used as the scratch disk. I'm trrying to prevent any future issues...
In Indesign CS4 I use the Preferences Panel to set up the scratch disk location. I've also been able to set up the scratch disk in Photoshop CS5 but I'm not able to locate the same option in Indesign CS5.
Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Eugene Tyson wrote:
InDesign doesn't have a scratch disk, that's photoshop you're thinking of.
A scratch disk is basically your hard drive. It uses the drive as temp swap (or virtual memory/paging file) when the RAM isn't able to cope. But InDesign does not need this.
If you want you can increase your Paging File in Windows but it's not for the feint hearted and may have adverse affects on your system performance overall.
On the Mac you can assign more memory to an application http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21666
Hi, Eugene:
The Apple support reference piqued my interest because I wasn't aware of memory management in OS X, except that Parallels and VMware Fusion offer the ability to favor the demands of the host OS (Mac OS X) or the hosted OS (like Windows, Linux, etc) - the favored one gets more resources, and the other gets the short end.
This Apple support note states it's for OS versions through 9.x, so there's no benefit to systems running InDesign.
If it's an important requirement to the original poster, it's worth filing a formal feature request at https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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