Scratch Disk Desperate Help!!!

WC
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William_Cristo
Dec 10, 2008
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If anybody knows anything, or can research anything I can’t find, I would appreciate it. As of a few days ago my computer got a lil virus, I had to system restore. Virus gone, BUT, seems as though my Photoshop kind of reset itself. Becuase when I opened it, the template was different (I used to have only 2 windows on the right, it reset itself to open with 4 windows) and when I used to create a new file the background was the transparent checkered pattern, and now it’s just a plan white background, so something obviously reset.

THat’s cool, no problem there. So I go to create a new photo, and I use a VERY simple too, I use the Paint Bucket to fill a 500×500 image, Photoshop has a lilttle load bar come up so it can LOAD to fill my little space, and if i let it sit, it will eventually say "Scratch Disk is Full".

Now, I’ve gone online to see how to fix that. I’ve found multiple FAQ sites. And this is what I’ve done to still no avail:

1. I’ve gone into Preferences and set the Scratch Disk location to my C:// drive that it previously was.

2. Set it so that 100% of my RAM can be used for Photoshop

3. Defragmented my C:// Drive

4. Searched for any ~PSD temp files, my computer said it found none.

And now I have NO idea what to do, and it’s very very frusterating. If anybody knows anything else I could try, or knows a great FAQ website, or another Photoshop Forum I could go to, I’d be eternally in you dept.

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JJ
John Joslin
Dec 10, 2008

2. Set it so that 100% of my RAM can be used for Photoshop

That’s one mistake right there! 55% is the default.
WC
William_Cristo
Dec 10, 2008
ok, well i changed it back to 55% and it still doesnt work, thats why i increased it to 100 originally, just because i thought 55 may not have been enough
JJ
John Joslin
Dec 10, 2008
Try resetting your preferences as described in the FAQ.

<http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.ef4a07f/1>

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.

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