Elements 9 won't open "because the disk is not available"

Hi All
I have had PSE 9 on my Mac for 18 months with no problems.
Recently I upgraded the boot drive to a larger one as the original was running out of space. I used a standard disc cloning tool and all has been well.
Except...PSE now says it "cannot open scratch file because the disk is not available" followed by "cannot initialise because the disk is not available".
I uninstalled PSE and downloaded a new copy thinking perhaps that the original was somehow corrupted by the cloning. Still does the same thing.
I repaired permissions and re-started but still does the same thing.
Frankly I am stumped.
Anyone got any ideas? It does not even say which disk it thinks is unavailable!

Sadly that has not made any difference I am afraid.
This is what happens:

Similar Messages

Photoshop wont open get error could not open a scratch file because the disk is not available

Had to clone my hard drive to another drive on my computer.
I have been receiving a message "Could not open a scratch file because the disk is not available" I have tried UN-installing and re-installing...still the same message.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Thanks!

What do you have here.
If that does not help, reset your prefs
Hold fingers over Shift Option Command (or similar on Windows) then boot Photoshop and as fast as you can depress the 3 keys.

Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is not available

I get this message when I try to startup Photoshop:
"Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is not available."
I found a fix in Tech Notes about selecting the scratch disk and choosing ignore permissions, but I don't even remember what the scratch disk was, so I don't really know how to select ignore permissions on it.
Does anyone know another way to fix this. It seems like this must be some "login-local" preference (meaning that there must be something in the user's local preferences for setting this scratch disk parameter (the only reason I'm thinking this is that if I create another user and run Photoshop, I get no error.)
I looked through ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe for any kind of Photoshop Preference, but I couldn't find a specific preference that stood out. Anyone have an idea?

I just got the same message, "Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is not available". I had just assigned my primary scratch disk to an internal drive that was empty and had lots of free space. When I restarted my machine, the error message appeared when I tried to open Photoshop.
Not sure why this error occurred, but deleting the preferences did fix that problem... unfortunately, doing that will reset all your prefs = pallets, brushes, actions. I suspect you could just delete the "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Prefs.psp" file and leave the others intact to avoid that.
I would still like to know why changing the scratch disk gives us this problem? I mean, isn't that the whole point of having another internal drive?
- JA

Photoshop won't open because scratch file is not available!

Hi, When I try to open my CS5 version of PS, it gives me this error: "Could not open a scratch file because the disk is not available" When I click OK, is gives another warning: "Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is not available." I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling PS and I still get this problem. I can't open the program to see what is going on with the scratch file/disk! Does anyone know what I can do?
Thanks,
kt

Hi, It was Shift, Option and Command keys on a Mac. Thanks for the video link!
Thanks,
kt

Could not initalize photoshop because the disk is not available

Could not initalize photoshop because the disk is not available. What is gouing on at Adobe?
How do I get into my cs6 now.
Problem since that extenede for the cloud has been coming up and I have just always quit and never subscribed now today the trial is over and i Have never used the trial and can not get back into cs6 for my work. No support from adobe until monday
any suggestions
Dick

Do you have a perpetual license (not a cloud subscription)?
If so, then you will have received a serial number.
You need to follow the prompts to the point where you enter your serial number and enter it. That should activate the software.
You'll need also to make sure you've updated it to the latest release. The specific number of that will depend on what kind of system you have.
-Noel

Using trial of Photoshop CC but when trying 3D get "Could not apply the workspace because the disk is not available." can anyone help?

I am trying out Photoshop CC specifically the 3D facility but every time i go to 3D I get "Could not apply the workspace because the disk is not available"
I have searched online for answer but cannot resolve this, can anyone advise?
regards
Drew.

I am using a MacBook Air
Model Name: MacBook Air
Model Identifier: MacBookAir6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 1.7 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB

COULD NOT OPEN A SCRATCH FILE BECAUSE THE DISK IS NOT AVAILABLE

Any thoughts? I can't open the program.
I have a mac pro with four drives who thought I just finished a successful install of legit academic version previously used by myself only. Production Premium CS5.
Matt

There's no image "attached". You can't show an image if you are accessing the forum through e-mail. Any file attached to an email will just disappear into cyberspace, without anyone ever seeing it.
To embed an image in a post, use the camera icon in the Reply Editor in the forum's web interface using your web browser.
Back to your issue:
You need to trash your Photoshop preferences by holding down Command+Option+Shift as you launch Photoshop until you get a dialog box allowing you to delete your preference settings.

PS3 ERROR - Could not print because the disk is not available...

This error message is appearing when printing to Colorburst RIP from PS3.
It started all of a sudden.
I can print to the Epson standard driver with no problem.
I can drag a file into the Colorburst RIP and it prints fine.
It's an issue from PS3 it seems.
Any idea what is up here?
S.O.S.
Apple OS 10.5.2, Mac Pro Dual Quad 3.0 (new), 10gb ram

You're welcome. Glad you're up and running.
Anytime something starts acting weird "all of a sudden", trashing preferences is the first thing to try.

"Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is nor available"

I'm trying to install Photoshop CS4 for the very first time onto a Mac Powerbook G4, MacOS 10.4.11. The installation succeeded, but when I launch Photoshop CS4, I get the "Could not open a scratch file because the disk is not available" error followed by the "Could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is nor available" error. There is only one disk in the Powerbook, at it has 27GB free space.
The FAQ advice is to reset preferences. I did that repeatedly by holding down cmd-option-shift while starting up Photoshop and answering "yes" when it asks to delete the preference file. Didn't help. Same errors occur.
I also deleted the ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings and ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe folder hierarchies. Didn't help. I did the above together. Didn't help. Same errors occur.
I uninstalled Photoshop and reinstalled it. Didn't help. Still get the same errors.
I even deleted the root /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ folder tree, which then forced another complete reinstallation of Photoshop CS4 because that killed the license manager. Didn't help. Still get the same errors.
Where else could preferences be lurking? I've never been able to successfully launch Photoshop CS4 on this Mac, so I guess it must be trying to import something weird from another Adobe application.

naturalturn wrote:
There is only one disk in the Powerbook, at it has 27GB free space.
First thing that comes to mind is the lack of free hard drive space. Photoshop writes scratch from the beginning when you open it up. If there is not enough room or no scratch disk then Photoshop will not start up. The OS is using the same free space for writing SWAP files.
Also CS4 is not supported on a G4.
The only solution I can think is to delete some unneeded files and see if opening up some free space will solve the problem.

HT1338 I'm getting a message that my Java is not updated, but when I run the update check, I'm told all is updated. Some web materials won't open because my Java is not updated. What do I do?

I'm getting a message that my Java is not updated, but when I run the update check, I'm told all is updated. Some web materials won't open because my Java is not updated. What do I do?

Hi Ginny,
There are no more updates for Java from Apple for 10.5.8, the only way to get a Java upgrade is updating your OSX.
Snow Leopard/10.6.x Requirements...
General requirements
   * Mac computer with an Intel processor
    * 1GB of memory (I say 4GB at least, more if you can afford it)
    * 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
    * DVD drive for installation
    * Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
    * Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
Which apps work with Mac OS X 10.6?...
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
It looks like they do still have it:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA
And it's been reported that if you have a MobileMe account Apple will send one free.

How can i fix this for my iPhone4? "attempting to copy to the disk "iPhone" failed because the disk could not be read from or written to. "

i keep gettign this message when trying to drag music in itunes.
attempting to copy to the disk "iPhone" failed because the disk could not be read from or written to.

Can apply to iPhone as well > 'Disk cannot be read from or written to' when syncing iPod or 'Firmware update failure' error when updating or restoring iPod
If you are using a Windows based computer > iTunes for Windows: Gathering and using iTunes Diagnostics
Ignore: To repair an iPod disk—Restore the iPod or iPod shuffle using the latest version of iTunes.

The iTunes application could not be opened. The disk could not be read from or written to

I have my iTunes library stored on an external hard drive. The hard drive seems to work fine with no issues whatsoever. However, whenever i attempt to open iTunes I get the following message "The iTunes application could not be opened. The disk could not be read from or written to."
Plz help...this is driving me off the wall!
Rome.

I fixed it. I just moved my iTunes library from the external harddrive to the Macintosh HD and its working fine again with all the data, tags and what not in tact. Apparently there were a couple corrupt files in the external harddrive iTune library.

Final Cut Pro X (10.1.1) can't be opened because "the image is not recognized".

I have tried to download the trail version of Final Cut Pro X (10.1.1) twice but every time it has been downloaded my computer tells me it can't be opened because "the image is not recognized".
Do any of you have a similar problem or know a solution?

Also having this issue, Im on OSX Yosimite 10.10.1 trying to download the 30 day trial version of Final Cut Pro 10.1.4
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Mem: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
I have downloaded the 30 day trial of Final Cut Pro from https://www.apple.com/ie/final-cut-pro/trial/
The file which gets downloaded is "FinalCutProTrial10.1.4.dmg"
The size of this file is 2,147,487,419 bytes (as viewed in the inspector)
I would be interested to hear from anyone who installed this successfully whether the DMG file was the exact same size (although I have a feeling I wont hear anything as most people would delete the DMG file after installing).

Photo shop Element 6 failed to open catalog The catalog could not be opened. It is either corrupt

Photo shop Element 6 failed to open catalog The catalog could not be opened. It is either corrupt, or the version is out of date and cannot ne updated

Hi John
Thank you very much. As a result of your advise, Adobe Photoshop Element 6 are now working perfect.
Once again, Thank yoiu
Kind regards
Boomie
Original Message----
From: [email protected]
Date: 08/03/2010 05:37 PM
To: "Boomie Shodeinde"<[email protected]>
Subj: Photo shop Element 6 failed to open catalog&amp;nbsp; The catalog could not be opened.&amp;nbsp; It is either corrupt
Your solution worked when applied to a administrative user account but did work with a student account.
I'm not sure why that is happening.
If you're on Vista or Windows 7, you could try setting the program to run permanently as Administrator, as described here:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Slide_show_preview
If that doesn't help, my only suggestion would be to work through these tedious troubleshooting steps:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Troubleshooting_Organizer_ crashes

Error Message: "Skype can not start because the system is not available"

Try to reset all Skype settings. Quit Skype or use Windows Task Manager to kill any Skype.exe process. Go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %appdata% and then press Enter or click the OK button. The Windows File Explorer will pop up. There locate a folder named “Skype”. Rename this folder to something different, e.g. Skype_old. Next go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %temp%\skype and then press Enter or click the OK button. Delete the DbTemp folder. Restart Skype. N.B. If needed, you will still be able to re-establish your call and chat history. All data is still saved in the Skype_old folder.

Okay!
I'm newbie here, but it doesn't matter. I dont want to do here anything else, just write off my opinion about the Microsoft's "new" Skype, and I hope they will read...
This is a cropped image - of course hungarian, because I'm hungarian, but I think many of us could see this as well. How this is possible? "The Skype can not start because the system is not available" *** What kind of system? The Skype was on a P2P system, where is impossible that the system is not available! This is why the skype was much better than the Microsoft's messenger. Then they bought it, and make it wrong...
I found a solution for this problem, this can happen if my client is not updated. But IT IS!
How does it works? Can we use the **bleep** Skype how we would like to use? Or this time we need to find an other application (like Viber), and using that while they not buying that as well, just because that is better?
Edited to conform with the Community Guidelines
Subject/title edited to better reflect post content.

Elements 9 won't open "because the disk is not available"

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for