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Posted on 16/12/07 10:05:00 PM |
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cy98
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cache file in Bridge
Looked at the Adobe Forum and everyone posts questions, but very few answers. You folks are a lot better so thought I would tap your knowledge base. It appears that my heavy use of Bridge to sort and rate pictures in the last 2 weeks has caused my C drive (have only one drive) to become heavily fragmented, and slowed things to a crawl. Am I mistaken on the cause, or is this correct? Perhaps the problem is much like the fragmentation problems discussed with PhotoShop scratch disk? Have not used PhotoShop all that much in that time period and checked the drive de-frag picture before I started. I can see no option in Bridge to put the cache file in another location, if this is the problem. Will be getting another computer soon and want to make changes on that system to avoid this fragmentation problem. Would appreciate any ideas on this. Thanks. |
Posted on 16/12/07 10:11:36 PM |
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vibeke
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Re: cache file in Bridge
When you get the new computer, partition the drive. I prefer to have 1 partition for system and programs, 1 for data and 1 for Photoshops scratch disk. Also avoid Vista if you can. If you must have Vista, buy twice as much ram as you think you need. |
Posted on 17/12/07 7:34:02 PM |
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Progenic
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Re: cache file in Bridge
Cy i may be wrong here but i have a feeling bridge uses the default photoshop scratch disk folder as a temp scratch. Like vibeke said much better to partition the drive into several drives. C: primary windows drive (only have your OS here and nothing else) D: Programmes (extended partition) E:your own private data (logical drives below) F:email and temp internet files G:photoshop scratch disk H:General backup and strorage I:music/video J:whatever...... if you use your PC in this way your data will be fully secure, your system will run like a dream for a very long time, and if you ever need to re-format and install windows again all you need to do is format C: and all other logical drives will remain fully intact and untouched. Clever huh  |
Posted on 18/12/07 01:47:24 AM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: cache file in Bridge
Hello Cy, and everyone. Great ideas for the new computer, but I'm guessing that your are looking for a more immediate answer. Step 1. Go to Symantec.com and purchase a copy of Ghost. Install it, and backup you PC to CDs or DVDs. 2. Right click on My computer, and select computer management. Click to open Storage, and then click on Disk Defragmenter. Click the Analyze button, and let it run. It will report how fragmented your drive is. From here, you can Defrag by clicking on the Defragment button if needed. Regards, Dave.Cox |
Posted on 18/12/07 03:45:26 AM |
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cy98
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Re: cache file in Bridge
Thanks for all the tips. One further question on partitioning. Sometimes I read more than I should like suggestions for using 2 disks and setting up a small paging file on boot drive C ? and a larger one on the other physical hard drive. Would this be the same partition as the scratch disk? Kinda fuzzy on this. Thanks. |