Hmmm...not sure about this, but the first thing to note is:
Quote:
Originally Posted by dewdman
I was then told the Scratch Discs are full.
Ok, I'm low on RAM, no biggie
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Well, unfortunately it is a biggie - check this out from the Adobe knowledge base:
Photoshop uses the virtual memory swap file to swap parts of the application in and out of memory, but it doesn't use virtual memory for image editing operations. When virtual memory is insufficient, Windows retains large portions of Photoshop in RAM, which reduces the amount of RAM available for image editing. Increasing virtual memory frees up RAM for image editing. When Photoshop's Physical Memory Usage is set to 100%, there may not be enough RAM available to Windows to perform some operations (e.g., printing, scanning). For some image editing operations, Photoshop requires a considerable amount of available RAM and scratch disk space. To check memory use in Photoshop, open the Efficiency Indicator: Click the triangle at the bottom of the application window, and choose Efficiency from the pop-up menu. Photoshop displays the percentage of time it is using to perform an operation rather than reading or writing to the scratch disk. If the value is below 100%, Photoshop is using the scratch disk.
You also say:
Quote:
Originally Posted by dewdman
How do I get my RAM back? It's being used by something and I have no clue as to what it is.
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The easiest way to get an overview of what applications and services are currently using RAM (assuming you're running Windows) is to open the Task Manager (press
Ctrl+
Alt+
Del), click on the
Processes tab and then click on the
Mem Usage column header - this will sort the view and put the most memory-hungry processes at the top of the list.
One other thing you could try is to defrag your HDD -
PS likes to build its swap file on contiguous disk space.