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Article #275Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic]
From: Phred
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:31
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:31
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Found in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, comments requested. In article <c1d21m$1haird$1@ID-192964.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Thomas M. Goethe" <xspamxgoethe11xyz@lycos.com> wrote: >"Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message >news:IKd_b.79107$IF1.58871@nwrdny03.gnilink.net... >> what's the advantage that you see to having multiple partitions rather than >> just using multiple folders? > > Data in one, OS and software in another. When you have to do an OS >scrub, the data is safely tucked away in another partition. Still smart to >keep data backed up elsewhere, but you don't have to copy it all back over. > > If you get smart and force all of your programs to store templates and >the like on the data partition, so much the better. > > I can't confirm it, but there is also some thought that things like swap >files and scratch disks for Photoshop are best kept on a separate partition >as well. I may try that next time around. The Photoshop scratch disk is >often accused of scrambling hard drives. Any of you aus.photo/computers gurus like to comment on your experiences with PS in this regard, please? What about swap files generally? Cheers, Phred. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a33e,e2f42d11bea3277e X-Google-Attributes: gid10a33e,public X-Google-Thread: 109d17,1a04ed6784cbc3eb,start X-Google-Attributes: gid109d17,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,1a04ed6784cbc3eb,start X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-23 06:28:59 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!cpe-203-51-230-60.qld.bigpond.net.AU!not-for-mail From: ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,aus.photo,aus.computers Subject: Photoshop and scrambled HDDs? [Was: PartitionMagic] Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:31:11 GMT Organization: Just me Lines: 34 Message-ID: <c1d2n8$1g7mmv$6@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de> References: <Ftidnb81qKiNJ6XdRVn-tw@comcast.com> <IKd_b.79107$IF1.58871@nwrdny03.gnilink.net> <c1d21m$1haird$1@ID-192964.news.uni-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: cpe-203-51-230-60.qld.bigpond.net.au (203.51.230.60) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1077546537 50584287 I 203.51.230.60 ([151056]) X-Orig-Path: Telstra X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01