Memory and scratch disks!

[doomster]

Hello!

I'm new to the forum and I just installed Illustrator CS 2 V.12.0 and I can't open any project, every time I open a pic, I get this message sayin;

There isn't enough memory to preview the document.

Yes, I do have 520 mb on my C drive but I edited the preferences to make the scratch disks on other disks that has way more space than that.

So why doesn't want to work?

Help please?

[Jolt]

How much RAM do you have?

And if C drive is your boot drive, you really need more than 520mb on it for a healthy system, regardless of how the scratch disk are set.

[doomster]

RAM is 256, I see. So I need more space on C, in order for it to function well?

[tamlin]

The system requirements for Illustrator CS2 on Windows are as follows:

• Intel Pentium III or 4 processor or equivalent
  
• Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or 4, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2
  
• 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
  
• 820MB of available hard-disk space
  
• Color monitor with 16-bit video card
  
• 1,024x768 monitor resolution
  
• CD-ROM drive
  
• For Adobe PostScript printers: PostScript Level 2 or PostScript 3
  
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
  
• Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos.

Although it says 256Mb RAM is the minimum requirement, I suspect that in practice you'll need more memory than that for any sort of reasonable performance. I'd also agree with Jolt - the more free space you have on your C drive, the better your whole system will perform. You don't say what the total size of your C drive is, but generally speaking if you have less than 10%-20% free, your system performance will suffer.

[doomster]

Oh I see. Thanx a lot for this info. Muchly appreciate it.

[Jolt]

Yup, you absolutely need more RAM. In reality 1GB is really a bare minimum.

[nancybhenry]

I was getting the same message, so I upgraded to 4G of RAM. For some reason CS3 didn't recognize the addition. Ultimately, I had to uninstall CS3 and reinstall. Just thought I would post in case someone else had the same prob.