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Greetings,
I am about to do some reconfiguring of my system so I figured I’d find the best way to optimize for Photoshop.
I currently have Windows (and page file), Photoshop (and all other apps) and data on my C: drive (7200 RPM – 80 gigs of free space). My D: drive is a separate physical drive (not a partition) with 45 gigs of free space. I store photos and music here and use it as my Photoshop Scratch disk.
I am buying a new 500 gb USB drive to use as storage (for things like photos and music) and backup. All of the contents of the D: drive will be moving to the new drive thus leaving me with 80 gb of free space on the D: drive.
My questions:
1. Should I continue to run Photoshop on the same drive as my OS?
2. I plan to move my ‘data’ (files I edit with Photoshop or Illustrator etc.) to my D: drive. Is this OK or should it be on the same drive Photoshop is on?
3. Assuming I move my data to my D: drive… I read that Photoshop berforms best when its Scratch Disk is an empty, unfragmented disk with plenty of room. Since I do not have an empty hard drive to spare, which will yield better performance:
A. Partition my D: drive (which will leave me with D: and E:). Use D: for my .PSD and .AI files. Use E: as my Photoshop Scratch Disk
or
B. no partition. Use D: for my .PSD and .AI files as well as for my Potoshop Scratch Disk
Any wisdom anyone has to share would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-dave
I am about to do some reconfiguring of my system so I figured I’d find the best way to optimize for Photoshop.
I currently have Windows (and page file), Photoshop (and all other apps) and data on my C: drive (7200 RPM – 80 gigs of free space). My D: drive is a separate physical drive (not a partition) with 45 gigs of free space. I store photos and music here and use it as my Photoshop Scratch disk.
I am buying a new 500 gb USB drive to use as storage (for things like photos and music) and backup. All of the contents of the D: drive will be moving to the new drive thus leaving me with 80 gb of free space on the D: drive.
My questions:
1. Should I continue to run Photoshop on the same drive as my OS?
2. I plan to move my ‘data’ (files I edit with Photoshop or Illustrator etc.) to my D: drive. Is this OK or should it be on the same drive Photoshop is on?
3. Assuming I move my data to my D: drive… I read that Photoshop berforms best when its Scratch Disk is an empty, unfragmented disk with plenty of room. Since I do not have an empty hard drive to spare, which will yield better performance:
A. Partition my D: drive (which will leave me with D: and E:). Use D: for my .PSD and .AI files. Use E: as my Photoshop Scratch Disk
or
B. no partition. Use D: for my .PSD and .AI files as well as for my Potoshop Scratch Disk
Any wisdom anyone has to share would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-dave
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