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A scratch disk is a dedicated drive or partition used by applications like Adobe Premiere Pro and Photoshop for temporary data during rendering, editing, and processing. On WindowsForum.com, users discuss configuring scratch disks on SSDs versus HDDs to balance speed and wear, especially with Windows 7 and dual-boot setups. Topics include placing scratch disks on separate drives to extend SSD lifespan, troubleshooting permission errors when setting scratch disks on other drives, and using local scratch disks in cloud instances like Windows Azure. The tag covers practical advice for optimizing performance in creative software and system configurations.
  1. R

    Windows 7 SSD drives and Premiere Pro videos

    I just installed a 240 gb SSD corsair ForceGT Sata 3, primarily to boost Premiere Pro 5.5 performance. I have decided not to use an additional hard drive for a scratch disk, since it would not be as fast as the SSD drive. I have an additional 1TB 7200 hard drive. Now I was wondering, in terms...
    • rfyr
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  2. R

    Windows 7 Dual booting Win7 pro 64 on a SSD drive

    I was wondering if there are any issue with dual booting Windows 7 pro 64 bit on an internal SSD drive. I currently have Windows 7 pro 64 bit on a 500gb 7200 hard drive plus a backup 1 TB 7200 rpm drive; but I wanted the speed I would get by installing win7 pro 64bit on a 250gb SSD drive. I...
    • rfyr
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    • configuration dual boot installation performance photoshop premiere pro scratch disk software ssd windows 7
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  3. News

    Windows 7 Cloud Cover Episode 27 - Combining Roles and Using Scratch Disk

    Join Ryan and Steve each week as they cover the Microsoft cloud. You can follow and interact with the show atLink Removed In this episode: Learn how to effectively use the local disk (scratch disk) on your running instances. Discover how to combine your roles in your Windows Azure...
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    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  4. abhiroopb

    Windows 7 Windows 7 x64 pagefile, scratch disk, temp files, etc

    I have the following desktop: Link Removed My “MO” is generally to keep things “default” unless there is a good reason why I should change the way something is set up. An example is that I read SSDs wear out over time so it is better to put the paging file on a separate disk. Hence, I...
    • abhiroopb
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    • best practices disk usage file management hardware maintenance optimization page file partition performance photoshop ram scratch disk settings ssd storage system longevity tech tips temp files user experience windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  5. L

    Windows 7 Cannot write/overwrite files on other harddrives

    I have an issue here in Windows 7 that is causing problems. A lot of my programs, even notepad, cannot seem to save to files that exist on my other harddrive. I have a lot of my apps on D:, where XP resides. On C:, is my Windows 7 drive. I installed Photoshop CS4, and tried to make D: the...
    • Lazure
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    • error message file access hard drive ini file notepad permissions photoshop scratch disk troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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