what does it mean when your scratch disks are full?
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'Scratch disk full' often means that the drive (or drives) used for scratch disks are running low or out of available space. Free up additional hard drive space by deleting unnecessary files from the scratch disk, or by moving your files off the scratch disk to another storage location.
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How to adjust scratch disk preferences? Note: If Photoshop 2019, or earlier, cannot launch because the scratch disk is full, hold down the Cmd + Option keys (macOS) or Ctrl + Alt keys (Windows) during launch to set a new scratch disk. You can tweak scratch disk settings in the Preferences > Scratch Disks section.
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All of the disks from your previous configuration are gone. If this is an unexpected message, then please power off your system and check your cables to ensure all disks are present. Press any key to continue, or press <C> to load the configuration utility. ... The message indicates that some configured disks were removed.
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If you find your Mac is running slowly, there are a number of potential causes that you can check. Your computer's startup disk may not have enough free disk space. To make disk space available, you can move files to another disk or an external storage device, then delete files you no longer need on the startup disk.
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Re: "Could not save because of a disk error" Your drive has plenty of free space, so that should not be the problem, but run Disk Utility (in your Applications/utilities folder)or Norton on your hard drives which run your application, save you files to, and where your cache might be set to.
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What Does "Low Disk Space" Mean? "Low Disk Space" warning message usually pops up in Windows operating system when you boot up PC or open a computer hard drive. ... Low Disk Space - "You're running out of space on this PC. Manage storage to view usage and free up some space."
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A folder with a flashing question mark means that your startup disk is no longer available or doesn't contain a working Mac operating system. ... Turn on your Mac and immediately press and hold Command (⌘) and R to start up from macOS Recovery. While in macOS Recovery, use Disk Utility to repair your startup disk.
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If your Mac's startup disk is full and you get a warning message from your Mac system, then this is a serious indication that you have to make space on your Mac startup disk. The solution is to free up disk space. ... Delete files from your Mac. Move files to an external hard drive or cloud storage.
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If you only have one hard drive or partition in your computer, the scratch disk is the drive where the operating system is installed (for example, the C: drive on a Windows system). When that drive runs out of space, it prevents Photoshop from working properly.
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Reset Photoshop preferences Resetting Photoshop's preferences and then reconfiguring the scratch disk preferences, can resolve 'scratch disk full' errors. See Reset Photoshop preferences.
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If Photoshop 2019, or earlier, cannot launch because the scratch disk is full, hold down the Cmd + Option keys (macOS) or Ctrl + Alt keys (Windows) during launch to set a new scratch disk. ... In the Preferences dialog, select or deselect the active check box to enable or disable a scratch disk.
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['Setting Up Scratch Disks. You can change the scratch disk location and add multiple scratch disks from Photoshop Preferences. ... ', 'Delete Photoshop Temp Files. ... ', 'Clear Disk Space. ... ', 'Defragment Your Hard Disk. ... ', 'Scratch Disk Errors When Cropping.']
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When your hard drive memory is full, it slows down your computer because the operating system doesn't have enough free space to work adequately. Your Operating System (OS) needs space to use the swap file, prevent fragmentation, and to create temporary files (more on these later).
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Method 1: Free up enough disk space Before you do anything else, make sure that you have enough space in the drive partition where the scratch disk is located. The most common cause of the “scratch disk is full” error is the lack of free space in the drive that accommodates the scratch disk.
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You can tweak scratch disk settings in the Preferences > Scratch Disks section. Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Scratch Disks (Mac).
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Click the Edit (Win) or Photoshop (Mac) menu, point to Preferences, and then click Performance. Select the check box next to the scratch disk you want to use or clear the check box to remove it. Photoshop holds scratch disk space as long as the application is open. To delete scratch disk space you must close Photoshop.
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Click on the Photoshop menu. Go to Preferences and then Scratch Disk. Tick the checkbox to select or remove a drive as the scratch disk. Click OK.