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I have searched for answers to this. There seem to be many, but all dealing with other issues. So, I thought I’d ask it.
My concern is that I’m upgrading my laptop so I will be able to work in CS3 "on the road." I’m getting:
Gateway NX860XL
VISTA
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2 GHz, 667 MHz
2 Gig RAM
160 GB HD, 5400 rpm
nVidia 7900 256 MB graphics card
So, my question concerns how do I set up a scratch disk. Because there is only the one internal drive, and because everything else on this forum indicates that an external USB-connected drive used as a scratch disk will only slow things down, I’m assuming I will have to use the one internal drive for both my OS and as my scratch disk, even thought Adobe recommends against this.
I am thinking that if I keep my data on an external drive rather than filling up my internal hard drive, I might be OK.
I am also thinking I should partition my internal hard drive, setting up a partition for the scratch disk. Would that help? And if so, what is the size I should use?
I already feel that the hard drive I’ve ordered is too slow, and that a 7200 RPM drive would be a lot better. I’m looking into changing that. Would that improve the scratch disk performance? (logically, it seems like it would)
So, I guess I’m just looking for suggestions on this, wondering how others have worked it out, and what works.
thanks
Howard
My concern is that I’m upgrading my laptop so I will be able to work in CS3 "on the road." I’m getting:
Gateway NX860XL
VISTA
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
2 GHz, 667 MHz
2 Gig RAM
160 GB HD, 5400 rpm
nVidia 7900 256 MB graphics card
So, my question concerns how do I set up a scratch disk. Because there is only the one internal drive, and because everything else on this forum indicates that an external USB-connected drive used as a scratch disk will only slow things down, I’m assuming I will have to use the one internal drive for both my OS and as my scratch disk, even thought Adobe recommends against this.
I am thinking that if I keep my data on an external drive rather than filling up my internal hard drive, I might be OK.
I am also thinking I should partition my internal hard drive, setting up a partition for the scratch disk. Would that help? And if so, what is the size I should use?
I already feel that the hard drive I’ve ordered is too slow, and that a 7200 RPM drive would be a lot better. I’m looking into changing that. Would that improve the scratch disk performance? (logically, it seems like it would)
So, I guess I’m just looking for suggestions on this, wondering how others have worked it out, and what works.
thanks
Howard
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