Help, scratch disk problem

I moved my scratch disk to an external firewire drive. Deleated the old one in my hard drive. Now I can't open FXEHD. It wants to start but it wont open all the way. Can someone help.

What version of FCE is this?
First trash your preferences and repair permissions. Try to launch the application, not a project. If it doesn't open, try uninstalling and reinstall the application.

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Scratch Disk Problems - Too much hard disk space?

Now, here's a question for scratch disk problems. My photoshop (7) used to work (on my old computer), now I've re-installed it and it says it and windows are paging to the same location, and I can't open it because "Scratch disks are full." I know there are lots of questions like this, but this one is special. I believe the problem is I have 1.5 TB of hard disk space, which apparently is too much and causes problems (?). Anyway, I would change the scratch disk location but I can't open photoshop in order to do so. Any suggestions?
Basically, is there a way for me to change scratch disk locations if Photoshop won't even open?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Changing the location won't do anything nor will resetting the prefs (sorry Manish-Sharma). You really need to physically downsize the partition to be below or around the 500GB ceiling. It's unavoidable as this is inherent in the old file I/O API that those programs use. Changing the scratch disk location would do nothing as long as the program partition is stil lthat large and throws the program through a loop. open your drivemanagemnt by using My Computer --> Right-click --> Manage --> Disk Management and split the partition or whatever.
Mylenium

Need Urgent Help! RAM and Scratch Disk Problem

I was recently working on making a gigapixel panorama. I made the panorama in AutopanoGiga and rendered it as a .psb. I went to go fix some stuff on the file and the first thing I did was content aware fill. The panorama ended up being 4 gigapixels before cropping. So I wanted to try content aware fill on a small portion of the image. I am using a 12-core Mac Pro with 20GB 1333 MHz RAM. I have an SSD as my boot drive and four 2TB mechanical drives, none of which in a RAID.
When I first installed Photoshop on my Mac Pro, I went into the preferences to change the memory and scratch disk settings. The first thing I did was set Photoshop to use 12GB RAM. Then I went to the scratch disk and noticed that only my SSD was set up as a scratch disk. So I unchecked the activate box next to the SSD, activated all 4 other drives, and moved the SSD to the bottom of the list.
So I started content aware fill and saw that it would take some time. So I left and when I came back a little over an hour later, Photoshop gave me a message saying that the scratch disk was full and it couldn't complete the content aware fill. Why did this happen????? I deactivated my SSD and activated four separate 2TB drives!
I went on MacRumors Forums and asked some people, and the only advice I got was to reset my settings. I did that, redid my scratch disk settings, and it is still using my SSD as the scratch disk! Can someone please help??

CAF is processor and memory intensive... most of the flashy demos of this feature have been on much smaller images.
CAF has also been known to kick RAM errors when it simply farts and dies. Is CS5 fully patched?
Wear a helment when you try to hit your head on the ceiling.

Scratch disk problem. Please help!

When working with multiple external harddrives it is often a mess when I forget to set scratchdisk (for rendering) to the same hd as the project.
Is it possible to be asked where to store renderfiles when opening a new project?

What is really the issue here is developing proper operational habits. I work in a mult-seat editing facility where projects are stored on an XSAN. We've had to establish a discipline with our editors that has created a habit of setting scratch disks every time a project is opened. A simple solution would be posting a note on your monitor that reads something simple like "set scratch disks?", or "have you checked your scratch disks?".

Help scratch disk is Full (mac)

Help please, Im using a macbook pro (10.8.4) and I can't use my CS6 because I keep getting the message scratch disk is full when it says I have 39.88g free on my hard drive

Fresh Effects wrote:
…I have 32.87GB free out of 83.23GB. I dont know what else I can delete
I would not even think of considering to attempt to run Photoshop on that machine. Sorry.
The rule of thumb I follow says to figure on 50 to 100 times the size of your largest file ever multiplied by the number of files you have open. I have seen the scratch file exceed 300 GB once, an admittedly rare occurrence, but it often exceeds 200 GB when stitching large panoramas and the like.
As an example—and stressing that I'm aware that others have even more scratch space than I do—I keep two dedicated, physically separate hard drives as my primary and secondary Photoshop scratch disks and a lot of GB free on my boot drive for the OS. I also have 16 GB of RAM installed.
Additionally, if you only have a single HD, i.e. your boot drive, you'd need it to be large enough to accommodate both the swap files of the OS as well as Photoshop's scratch.

Scratch Disk Problem

I am running Audition 2 and cannot get preferences to recognize the second internal drive (D:) for use as a scratch disk.
Only the C: drive and the external F: drive come up.
This is a recent problem. There is nothing wrong with the D: drive: it has 150 GB free.
Oddly, this problem also affects Soundbooth CS4, but none of the other CS3 or CS4 apps (Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator...)
I've tried restarting. Is there any way to throw away the preferences files for both Audition 2 & Soundbooth? Do I need to reinstall?
System: Windows XP Pro SP3 3 GB RAM
Drives: C:150 GB (internal) D: 250 GB (internal) F:1 TB (external)
Thanks,
Felicia Lovelett

Felicia Lovelett wrote:
I've tried restarting. Is there any way to throw away the preferences files for both Audition 2 & Soundbooth? Do I need to reinstall?
System: Windows XP Pro SP3 3 GB RAM
Drives: C:150 GB (internal) D: 250 GB (internal) F:1 TB (external)
Hmm.... the available drive preferences aren't stored by Audition, but are gathered on the spot from the OS when the function is called. So when you select the three dots to set the temp folders, you aren't looking at Audition at all, but the OS. On the face of it, this isn't an Audition problem at all, especially if other apps aren't finding it either.
There are several possibilities, but without looking at your system I don't think that any of us would actually be able to say definitively what's causing this. Quite often D drives are non-writable - because they are generally CD or DVD drives. But that shouldn't affect what Audition sees, or is reported by the OS at all - it should only list writable drives, but it should certainly list all of them! The only thing that I can think of that you could try easily is to change the drive letter for your second drive to something completely different (try Q), and see if Audition/SB see it then. Look at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844 for more information about this.

Unable to continue ... because of mysterious Scratch Disk problem

Okay, so I've been using Photoshop Elements 2.0 for years without incident. Today I get a screen saying my scratch disk is almost full. I don't know what this means (I couldn't find any such folder/file on my computer). No matter what I put in for Disk 2-4 options I get the following message in the end "Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable."
Search the Forum but didn't find anything. Ideas?
Dave

Scratch disc is the space assigned for Elements to write temporary files to...like history steps, etc. The fastest scratch disc will be an internal drive.
You don't say which OS. If you are on Windows, you might be able to squeeze out some more hard drive space by defragging your hard drive. More RAM helps too although I am not sure to what extent scratch fills in for lack of RAM.
If your hard drive is full, it would be better to move your photos onto an external drive than to assign an external to scratch. It should be relatively pain free to move your photos as you have E2. You don't have to worry about Organizer/catalog issues.
If you go the external hard drive route, you will need to connect your external hardrive to your computer and turn it on your before you launch Elements. If you don't, Elements will not "see"...detect... the external drive when you attempt to navigate to it.
If you aren't already, I would recommend backing up all of your photos and important items by copying them onto DVD discs.
Personally, I move all of my files onto an external hard drive after I gather enough to fill a DVD disc. I copy the files to DVD disc as a backup then move everything that I copied onto my external hard drive. (I also keep all my pack rat items like PDFs, Q-Time Movies, brushes, and other assorted junk on my external hard drives...yeah drives. LOL)
Terri

Any advice for teacher struggling with scratch disk problems?

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone out there has advice for me. I am a Media Teacher with very little technical expertise. We use Premiere Elements 4.0 in my school. This is accessible to students on the school network but is located on a separate drive. I am experienceing a lot of problems at the moment which I suspect may be to do with having multiple users. The students work in groups. Some of them do not seem to be able to access their current coursework - a scratch disk error message comes up and they are asked if they want to locate the scratch disks into their own area of the school network. As personal space is very limited, they always say no, and then cannot access the projects. Other students do not have this problem. The scratch disks are located by default to the same drive as the main work.
A further problem is that in one project, the clips in the second half of the project seem to be 'offline'. I have seen this before and have been able to fix it by locating the clip in the project menu and using 'locate media' to reconnect it. However, this time round, the clip can be seen and runs perfectly in the project menu. It also looks as normal on the timeline. It is only in the viewing window that it comes up as offline. The locate media option isn't available. If I save as an avi, the offline message appears, so the project burns as it appears in the viewing window. If I drag the clips down from the project area and reconstruct, everything plays normally until I close the project down and open it again, when the clips are back offline. I can tell something strange is going on because the project is loading very quickly - it was taking a couple of minutes previously.
Any advice at all would be welcome, as we are near the end of the coursework and the projects we can't access represent a term's work for the students!

You may need to contact Adobe Tech Support for your specific needs.
Is Premiere Elements installed on your network or on the C drives of each computer? The program must be installed on the C drive in order to work properly. You can't run the program from a network installation, and that could explain why you're having the problems you're having.
If you've got Premiere Elements installed on your C drive, you should be able to access your video files if they're stored on the network. But this depends on how your network is set up. It may not be possible for all of your students to access material out on your network drive and remain connected to it the same way every time you open your project.
In other words, you're using the program in ways it's not designed to be used. This is why you may need to contact Tech Suport and see if they can recommend a solution, short of each student having their own complete installation on each computer.

HELP: Scratch disk

Hi all,
Any chance you can set the scratch disk to a folder location not just a drive?
Cheers

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Scratch Disk Problems

I teach FCP to high school students. I have them set their scratch disks which works fine when they start their projects. But, when they try to set them again the next time they open their projects they get an error message, that they don't have access. I have them saving their projects on the HD in a period folder, in a folder with their name. Any suggestions?
G4 Mac OS X (10.4)

Check the folders' permisssions. Is this a network setup? At our school the permissions get all weirded up and always need to get reset.

I get a message "could not initalize scratch disk full" I hae a new computer with Win 8 and I am installing PS 7

I get a message "could not initalize scratch disk full" I have a new computer with Win 8 and I am installing PS 7. how can I fix the scratch disk problem? Thank you for the help.

Are you saying that the Installation failed, or that Photoshop has installed but won't open?
You say Photoshop PS7. Is that a typo, or do you really mean the version that was released in 2002 and that preceded Photoshop CS?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop_version_history#7.0
If you do indeed mean PS7, then I am afraid that is not compatible with Windows 8.1
Windows Compatibility Center

I am getting an error message that reads "Cannot ____ because the scratch disks are full. How do I go about clearing this? I have a Macbook. Thanks.

I have only had Photoshop elements on my computer for less than a month (free trial). The past few days I am getting an error message whenever I try to do anything that reads "Cannot __ because the scratch disks are full." I do not know how to fix this problem. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Photoshop Elements Mac user
If your program is Photoshop Elements (any version) you have posted in the wrong forum. Somehow your thread has been posted in the Adobe Premiere Elements Forum (video editing).
Please re-post your thread in the Adobe Photoshop Elements Forum or wait for a moderator here to see your thread here and move it from here to there.
Photoshop Elements
Think about.....Sounds like you do not have enough free hard drive space for editing. In your Photoshop Elements Mac case, please check out Photoshop Elements/Preferences/Performance and the Scratch Disk area.
Photoshop Elements Help | Scratch disks and plug‑ins
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Scratch Disks full error in Photoshop - 107 Gigs of space on hard drive

I am trying to edit pictures under a dead line. I have used this computer a few times to edit pictures with no problems, now that I it is work and I have a dead line...there are problems.
I have dealt with scratch disk problems before and it was always that my hard drive was to full. I would delete stuff and the problem would go away.
I don't think my hard drive is full now, but I went along with everyone suggestions and deleted 10 gigs of stuff. And emptied my garbage, and rebooted...still I have the same problem.
I have 2.33 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo and 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM...
Using Photo shop CS on files processed with Capture One Pro
Any ideas of what else could be causing the problem...do I have to partition my hard drive...cause I don't want to...why would it work before and now all the sudden I get this error massage?
Thanks

I should have also said I get an error massage from the Computer at the same time saying my startup disk is full. So the computer tells me that it has 107 Gig but also tells me my hard drive is almost full. That is why I posted it here. The computer is telling me 2 different things.

Scratch Disk Full - Need advice on disks

Hi,
I've got a brand new Intel Core i5 setup with 8GB RAM and a 300GB HDD. Full spec below:
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro
Intel Core i5 750
8GB Corsair Dominator PC12800 1600MHz DDR3 (plus fan)
Nvidia Quadro FX1800 768MB
Corsair TX650 PSU
Antec 300 Case
WD Velociraptor 300GB
Samsung F2380 23" Monitor
Wacom Intuos4 Graphics Tablet
I'm using the WD Velociraptor 300GB 10,000rpm drive as a sole drive in this computer. Currently it has 150GB free. The reason I got such a fast drive was to handle large files and boost loading times.
I'm getting the error "scratch disk is full" when trying to open a .psd file - 4.3m x 2.4m, 150dpi CMYK and is around 173MB. Also I noticed at the point the remaining 150GB fills up.
So, my questions:
Do I need to think about getting an additional disk?
If so, does a scratch drive need to be fast, or should the disk with the OS be faster?
I have 2x500GB WD drives that I can transfer to this computer - would these be good in a RAID0 array?
How much scratch disk space would I need for dealing with even bigger files? I have some that are several GB in size, but never had this scratch disk problem before, even on the previous system that only had 2GB RAM.

It is said that when PS is started it creates a scratch file based on previous usage.
Also, if PS is improperly closed, it leaves large scratch files on the nominated drive.
Make sure there are none left from earlier sessions – they are called Photoshop Temp 12345467 (no extension).
You also level things out by resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
You either have to physically delete (or rename) the preference files or, if using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift method, be sure that you get a confirmation dialog.
This resets all settings in Photoshop to factory defaults. A complete uninstall/re-install will not affect the preferences and a corrupt file there may be causing the problem.

Work stoppage because of scratch disk error. The torture continues! Please help!

Hi, everyone:
I would greatly appreciate help.
In December, I began receiving the error message Could not initialize Photoshop because the scratch disks are full. I deleted all the large files from my hard drive, and the problem went away.
Now, I am working on a large Photoshop file (i.e., 585,155kb). I am working at 300 ppi for print reproduction, using multiple layers. I am opening each new image to be added to the master document in a separate Photoshop window. I set the resolution of each at 300 ppi, then crop and transfer to its new layer in the master file (using drag and drop). After I crop and transfer, I close the open window of the file I just cropped and transferred. No other programs are running. This seems to be fairly standard stuff.
All was fine (although very slow) until two nights ago. When cropping, I received the error Could not complete your request because the scratch disks are full.
Once again, I researched scratch disk error messages, and I came to the conclusion I had no choice but to increase my RAM. So, I upgraded from 512MB to 2 GIG. (I successfully opened my PC and installed the RAM myself, confirming it on the Properties window. A major success, as the RAM was costly, and difficult to find, so I saved some money and time by installing it myself!)
With great enthusiasm and excitement, I opened the master Photoshop file again and the next image to be set to 300 ppi, cropped, and transferred over to a layer. But, when I tried to crop, I received the SAME sickening message, Could not complete your request because the scratch disks are full.
How can this be? I have four times the RAM I had before, which was costly, and I expected Photoshop to work swift and smooth with this new, more efficient increase in RAM. I am simply bewildered.
I tried changing my Scratch Disks to C: rather than Startup, but then I received the error message You currently have Adobe Photoshops primary Scratch and Windows primary paging file on the same volume, which can result in reduced performance. It is recommended that you set Adobe Photoshops primary Scratch volume to be on a different volume, preferably on a different physical drive.
More scratch disk torture.
None of this makes any sense, and, while Photoshop error messages are upsetting, they dont explain what you should do. I am not a programmer, and I am totally stumped.
I know that someone somewhere upgraded their RAM and still received a Scratch disk error too, so I hope someone can advise me on what I need to do next. I cannot continue my work and just spent a lot of money on RAM.
Thank you!

Hi, everyone: Thank you for your help with my problem. I appreciate everyones time and feedback, as well as the openness to help and explain (and further explain) what I do not fully understand. I learned a lot more, as Photoshop always introduces new things to learn and figure out. (One has to be part programmer to make PS work!) I appreciated the clear instructions and simple analogies too (for example, the head vs. suitcase was great).
Good news: The Scratch disk error has subsided for now!
I believe (although I am not certain) that the problem was something very simple after all, and I am embarassed. Only time will tell if this was really the culprit, for, if the Scratch disk error reappears later, it may be something else all together that is lurking in the background.
For now, it seems to have been a problem that Peter K.s advice helped me discover...
Peter's advice was to check the crop settings in the option bar for the common mistake of specifying pixels/cm rather than pixels/inch. My setting was correct (pixels/inch). However, I inadvertently used my pixel width number as inches in the Width setting, causing a MUCH bigger file than intended. When I changed the number, the Scratch disk error disappeared, putting me back in business! Thanks, Peter, for pointing me the direction that eventually revealed the problem.
Could it be this simple?
I kept working most of the night to test drive, free of the Scratch disk error for now! I hope the good fortune continues.
The lesson for others may be to check simple settings carefully first, before diving into the deep end of Photoshop.
Meanwhile, the new RAM is speeding up Photoshop considerably, so I feel like it was a good investment and will probably help safeguard against further Scratch disk errors, which I have had in the past. Also, Ive taken everyones advice to consider a dedicated, separate HD for Photoshop Scratch disk use. Ill plan that as a future/next investment. However, technical notes say an external HD isnt a good idea, but I dont have capacity for an internal HD, so it will have to be an external one. I would appreciate any words of wisdom here. Also, I still have to research SATA-II drives too (which are new to me) and ascertain if I can utilize one on my system. It may simply be too old for this technology, if it is new?
If interested, I also tried several things:
(1) Checking the space available on my HD again The pie chart indicated it was approximately half full (there was 46% free space, or 34.38 GB free space). I'll look for more to remove, but it seems reasonable to have 46 percent available, I think.
(2) Checking the need to DEFRAG The Analyzer said a DEFRAG was not needed, and, indeed, the color chart that plotted the files showed only a thin red line or two (red indicates fragmentation).
(3) Searching for more TEMP files to delete. I found 750 MB in TEMP files to delete, so, while not a lot, there were some still there. Previously I followed these directions to safely delete temporary Internet files: Ctrl Panel > Internet Options > General > Delete Files > Delete all offline content. But, when I navigated to C:\Windows\Temp, sure enough, I found more. Directly opening C:\Windows\Temp seems to be more effective. (I have done it that way in the past too, but lately I was trying to follow the "safe" way I had stumbled across recently.)
(4) Checking my Photoshop Memory Allocation, which was already set at 85% (which may be too high, so I may back it down later, but I did not change it for now). I remembered adjusting it some time ago, but I had forgotten by how much!
I also read the links that everyone recommended, as well as numerous other documents I found across the Web. Some introduced still more to learn/understand, of course.
Thank you once again. Ill resurrect or repost if the Scratch disk error haunts me again later, but, for now, a happy ending.

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