Using SD Card or ExpressCard for Scratch Disk?

KL
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Kevin_L._Kitchens
Mar 19, 2008
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On my old laptop, I know that the patch for Photoshop CS3 allowed using scratch disks on removable media. But on my new computer, I’ve updated all the software and cannot get these drives to show in the list of scratch disks. The expresscard and SD reader are both built-in to the computer so they are pretty darn fast.

What trick do I have to perform to get these to appear and set them?

Thanks!
Kevin
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ID._Awe
Mar 20, 2008
Well, you seem to have forgotten to put something in the readers, otherwise they will not show up, at least that is the way it is on my computer.
JJ
John_Joslin
Mar 20, 2008
Since an "n" MB file generates a "5 × n" MB scratch file (without anything being done to it), don’t you think these cards might be inadequate as scratch disks?

Even if they were fast enough?
KL
Kevin_L._Kitchens
Mar 20, 2008
Thanks for eliminating the obvious, but no. The cards are set in place…
KL
Kevin_L._Kitchens
Mar 20, 2008
The ExpressCards are fast enough and this is an 8GB model, so that’s really not an issue. But thanks for the guess.
JJ
John_Joslin
Mar 20, 2008
this is an 8GB model, so that’s really not an issue.

Not if you’re only working on a few medium sized files.
JO
John_O_Connor
Mar 20, 2008
Do you have any mapped network drives? One annoyance (on Xp) is that card reader drive letter assignment appears to ignore drive letters assigned to mapped network drives and will always start assignment with next drive letter after your local fixed drives. If you un-map network drives your card reader drive will "magically" appear. (I get around this problem by assigning mapped drives starting at high drive letters.)

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