What's a Scratch Disk?
Scratch Space Is Space on the Hard Disk Drive That Is Dedicated for Storage of Temporary User Data. It Is Unreliable by Intention and Has No Back Up. Scratch...
Scratch space is space on the hard disk drive that is dedicated for storage of temporary user data. It is unreliable by intention and has no back up. Scratch disks may occasionally be set to erase all data at regular intervals so that the disk space is left free for future use.
How do I empty the scratch disk in Photoshop?
- Launch Photoshop and click Photoshop on the menu bar.
- Go to Preferences > Scratch Disks.
- In the Scratch Disk Preferences window, choose the external drive you want to use as the scratch disk and uncheck the built-in hard disk with low storage space.
- Click OK to proceed.
What is a scratch disk and why is it full?
If you encounter a 'Scratch disk full' error, it often means that your hard drive (or drives) used as scratch disk is (are) running out of storage space required to perform a task.
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