Scratch discs

I have transfered my Photoshop Elements to a new computer and when I try to open it I get a notice that the scratch disks are full . What are they and how can I fix it?

That message usually means your version of PSE is too old, but just in case--how large is your drive and how much free space is there?
Which version of PSE is this and what version of your operating system?

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    Yeah, same problem here, same sentiment!   it sure feels like harassment.  no solution works (even the absurd ones).  makes me regret the update :s

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    I am weighing my options on creating a wireless network around an external HD. My macbook pro is getting full and I am going to do a spring cleaning and get everything in order. I pretty much know how I want to do it but I am wondering if I can use an external hard drive as a scratch disc, wirelessly?
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    Nevermind. This answered my question: http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-610667.html
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  • How in the world can I select my external hard drive as a scratch disc for video?  Please skip the obvious, like 'is it plugged in?'

    At wit's end trying to select my external hard drive to load video on.  Time Machine backed stuff up on it so the computer knows it's there but it won't show anywhere else, iMovie or FCE4.   

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  • Scratch Disc Questions using Firewire External Drive & Imac

    Hello. I've read through the existing questions regarding scratch disc and Photoshop, yet can't seem to find an answer to my questions. I would greatly appreciate any tips/advice. Here is my setup and situation:
    I am running an iMac with a 2.16 intel core 2 duo processor, 3 GB memory, and running OS X version 10.6.4. I am currently using versions cs3 and cs4 of Photoshop, but plan to upgrade to cs5 soon.
    The problem I am having is when running Photoshop, my computer becomes very slow. After reading about possible reasons, I came across a couple of sources (including Adobe themeselves) mentioning that the scratch disc should be a designated drive seperate from the drive containing the operating system. Since I am using an iMac that only allows for one internal drive, my only apparent option seems to be an external drive.
    Many people say don't use an external drive, but if you are going to; use an eSATA or firewire. The imac does have firewire 800 capabilities. Should I consider this?
    Now I'm wondering if it's a bad idea to purchase a macbook for my next computer (what I wanted to do) because it will also only have one drive, not allowing for a seperate drive for the scratch disc. Any thoughts? I've read around the net but haven't found any definitive answers.

    Designer,
    Photoshop benefits greatly from having a scratch disk on a separate physical drive, not on the boot disk or on another partition of the boot disk. It's almost not worth connecting via Firewire 400 because the transfer limitations don't allow much performance improvement. But using a Firewire 800 connection gives excellent performance.
    Running Photoshop on a one-drive machine is a little frustrating due to the performance hit without the separate scratch drive.
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  • I have PSE-12 on Mac. Got message "scratch disc full" tried changing drive to backup disc. Now PSE-12 will not open to allow me to go back to original drive. What can I do?

    Using PSE-12 on my Mac and got the message 'scratch disc full' I have backup disc attached to computer and tried making this the number 1 disc. I now can't get PSE-12 to open so that I can get back and reverse the order of these discs. What can I do?

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  • How to determine the scratch disc size?

    hello,
    once i was reading an adobe pdf "How to get better performance in photoshop cs5" - that was in 2009 or 2010, and may be outdated, but there was a calculation method
    to determine the size of a scratch disc. (similar calculation see below, if i can remember right)
    i am asking myself, how can i determine the correct size of an external SSD-scratch disc, only used by photoshop (completely empty):
    should i buy a 128GB or 256GB or 512GB SSD which is only reserved for photoshop?
    basic question 1 : i guess i should avoid to set the internal SSD as photoshop scratch disc, as it slows down everything?
    basic question 2 : in sense of maximum performance: better buy an external USB3.0 or thunderbolt SSD? will photoshop really use the extra thunderbolt speed when swapping data?
    secondary question:
    can i calculate the size regarding my daily working habits?
    i am mainly working like this:
    - with my imac 27" late 2013 with 32GB RAM and 256 GB internal pci-e SSD (800 MB/sec), which will stay always half empty for performance reasons.
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    - only RGB
    - with latest phocus/Hasselblad and canon RAW Files which produce a basic .psb document at ...
    - 10.000 x 7000 px at 300dpi
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    - .psb file is 2-20 GB big (file in finder)
    - 16bit file compression is off, when saving .psb files (faster handling)
    -  set photoshop to 70% ram usage (from 32GB RAM)
    i wonder how to calculate ?
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    10.000 x 7000 px at 300dpi needs for one image layer at 16bit: 2GB RAM in photoshop cs6 or cc (just as a number), this may be wrong
    so lets take 2GB RAM and multiply with 10 image layers in my .psb file (16bit) = 20 GB RAM, and multiply with 20 adjustment layers (guess they need less ram, for one lets say 500MB) = 20GB + 10GB = this 16bit .psb layer file would need 30GB RAM, so when i have 32GB in my imac, i set cs6 or cc to 70% ram usage, it misses at least round 8-10GB RAM > can i guess that photoshop would swap these 8GB onto my scratch disc? or do i miss something important in my thinking?
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    station_two wrote:
    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.
    - i dont use HDD anymore only SSDs, both internal and external
    - i set history state to only 5 or 6, to improve performance
    - i set cache size to 4 and tiles to "big and flat" with 1028kb (there is no "big and much layers" option)
    - is this still the rule of thumb? i read it in 2009 , too, guess it was outdated, as cs6 and cc have improved codes in terms of performance?
    - if you say "50 to 100 times the size of your largest file ever multiplied by the number of files you have open.":
    i will not open more than one document at same time to prevent performance lags, so lets calc like: dokument size in finder (you mean in finder or doc. size shown in photoshop?) = e.g. 5GB x 100 = 500GB, so my external scratch disc SSD, i would buy now, should be at least 500GB, USB 3.0 or thunderbolt ... maybe better thunderbolt, yes? with usb 3.0 i could gain 300MB/sec if thats enough for photoshop?
    thanks

  • What is a Scratch disc?

    Hi, My discs (80+120gb) are almost full, I sought (and gained) info on the expanding your Mac forum and noticed a thread that referred to using a disc as a "scratch disc" for Photoshop, I use Photoshop a lot and would like to know what scratch disc means and how one makes a Photoshop scratch disc.
    I am about to add a 500gb external FW HD so will have a disc spare to "free up" Would making one of them a scatch disc help Photoshops perfomance?
    I can dedicate the 120gb to Photoshop as the 80gb contains the operating sysyem.
    I am not the most computer literate person so easy English responses would be appreciated.
    Thanks in advance.
    Robert

    Hi
    The following article, courtesy of MacGurus, contains some useful information on improving Photoshop performance, although it's a little techy in places:
    http://homepage.mac.com/boots911/.Public/PhotoshopAccelerationBasics2.3.pdf
    Just be aware that if both discs (80GB and 120GB) are connected to the same ribbon cable (as master and slave), they have to take turns sharing the ATA bus. Consequently if the Photoshop application is on one and the other is being used as the scratch disc, performance may not be optimal (although may still be better than at present).

  • How to Reformat the hard drive I use to edit with..."scratch disc"

    Today when I turned on my computer I got a strange message on the screen that basically said I need to back up one of my drives and format it asap. It also said the computer couldn't repair it.
    This is the HD I use to edit with as my scratch disc with Final Cut Pro.
    I am in the process of backing my files up now. One thing I noticed was that some of my files I don't need anymore and wanted to trash them but it won't allow me to trash files! I get an error message when I drag the file to the trash. So I am going to have to back everything up and I guess will have to erase the disc.
    I never reformatted a disc before so if anyone knows what I need to do that would be great since this is the drive I used to edit with.
    Thanks.
    Message was edited by: DVX100Shooter

    To reformat a hard drive, launch Disk Utilities (in the Applications->Utilities folder) and click on the Erase tab. Select the drive you want to reformat then choose "Mac OS Extended" ... give the volume a name and click on the Erase button.
    Once the drive is reformatted, open FCP and assign it as the scratch disk.
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  • Mac OS X - Scratches Discs!

    Is anyone else having this problem? My new Mac OS X - desktop - is scratching discs. It is not how I pull the discs out. I am very careful. Apple has already replaced the superdrive twice now! And it is still scratching! The scratches are circular and obviously happen as the disc is spinning in the drive. Multiple scratches happen nearly every time I put a disc in the machine. What is going on?

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  • Suggestion For An External Scratch Disc needed

    I have recently learned that I had my scratch disc set up incorrectly to the same internal SSD in the Mac Book Pro. I assume that to keep the maximum transfer speed I need and external HDD or SSD with FireWire 800 instead of USB. I have found a few of those but they are much larger than what I need in GB and physical size.
    I need something portable and reliable since I do most of the work on the road.
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    Have you considered a G-Drive mobile or G-Drive mini SSD? Both are bus-powered.
    If you're ok using AC power, look at the G-Drive mini.
    These are very nice units - small, reliable, good reputation.
    FireWire (or eSATA if you have a MBP with an ExpressCard slot) is the way to go. USB generally cannot keep up with the sustained throughput required for video.

  • What does it mean when I get the message "scratch disc is full"?

    Trying to work on Photoshop and I'm getting the message, "scratch disc is full".

    Ultimately here is the deal. Like OS X and Windows do at the system level, Photoshop will grow a virtual memory scratch file on your hard drive if you don't have enough RAM to do what you are trying to do.
    That means, step 1 in preventing the scratch file is to put more RAM in the Mac so that Photoshop doesn't run out so fast and have to shove data off to the disk to make room.
    Step 2 is to put the scratch file on another disk. This is why pros have often used desktop towers, because you can put multiple disks inside them. For example, system on one disk with lots of free space, photo library on another disk so it can grow freely, and another disk that is used exclusively to hold scratch files for Photoshop and other programs that need to do the same thing like Apple Final Cut. Splitting the data streams (system, file access, scratch) like this also speeds up the machine considerably since they're not all trying to use the disk at the same time.
    The way you put the scratch file on another disk is to go into the Photoshop prefs, click Performance, and assign one of your other disks as a Scratch Disk there. (Use a fast disk, not a network or USB 1.0/2.0 disk, and partitioning your main disk will not help.)
    If you do this, you don't need to change your main disk at all, you don't need to manually move any files off of it. Because by moving the scratch file off your main disk, the 58GB of free space you have there will now be plenty.
    I used to use a PowerBook with an external monitor as a Photoshop machine, and plugged in a FireWire 800 external as a scratch disk. Even just doing that helped a lot.

  • Best way to set up a scratch disc for a shared project?

    I am currently working on a project with 4 seperate computers and users working from a shared external 10TB drive. What is the best way to set up the scratch disc and media cache folders?
    Each worker is editing a sequence and then posting back to the 10TB drive.

    Use the identical path (including drive letter) for Media Cache,
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  • Photoshop 7.0 scratch disc full error.

    I just reinstalled PS 7.0 on my Windows 7 Pro 64bit system and PS 7 won't open due to a scratch disc error message. When I tried to install the 7.1 update, it can't find the PS 7 folder even when I navigate to it. I tried ctrl-shift-alt keys together but I still can't get it to open so I can set the scratch disc preferences. What are the shortcut keys to use? Any suggestions why I can't update PS 7? Thanks.

    Your hard drive is larger than 500GB and the program can't deal with this and/or there are permission issues. Downsize the partition, make sure you have the permissions set properly. Regarding teh update you are probably out of luck. Those old versions cannot access the changed registry structure and thus do not find the necessary information...
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  • Unable to set scratch disc

    I am suddenly unable to set my scratch disc to the internal G5 Jam 1Tb RAID set in my machine.
    The message is "Unable to set scratch disc. The selected directory is on write-protected or non-writable media."
    I have had quite a bit of trouble lately with the machine, and have just recently had the boot drive replaced, although I'm not sure that would affect my ability to set the scratch disc. I can write files over to the 1Tb RAID by simple dragging a folder, then authenticating the access, but I still get the above message when trying to set the scratch disc.
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  • Can I change the location of the scratch disc without causing problem?

    Hi,
    I just noticed that I set my scratch disc in (on?) the internal drive, but I prefer to have it on an external. I'm in the middle of editing a project now, will it cause confusion to FCE HD if I change the location of the scratch disc?
    Thank you for your help.

    No.
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