Photoshop 7.0 wont open. says scratch disks are full

So, I am trying to re install photoshop 7.0 for my wife (she likes it better than others). It installed fine, but when we try and open it, it just says "could not initialize, scratch disks are full"

I tried putting it on the 600gb hard drive and same issue.

Originally Posted by MelRay

Never had the problem myself, but did a search and copied the results for you... Hope this helps...

PS 7 will not recognizea 1T disk, as it never existed in those days.

Bellieve solution was to create a disk partition of x mb for it to use. Easy to do with Vista, should be same with Win 7.



Here is a link to one of those discussions. Adobe Community: Disk is full - 2 Tb issue?

Shouldn't it just be able to be installed on the 600 gb hard drive, like it was before?

I have to research on how to create a partition and try that method.

Sounds like you need to hire a IT guy with all these problems your having with your own computer and the ewaste you can't figure out.

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Originally Posted by happyisthealero

Just partition the hard drive to have multiple "drives" on one HD, so in other words download a partitioning program, install, partition the HD to have multiple drives I.E. "D:", "E:", "F:", "G:", and so on.

Need more help let me know!

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I downloaded one and installed it, and it worked.

Quick question...If I were to install a new program, and install it one of the secondary hard drives and not the primary, would I be able to open the program and use it, as if it was installed on the primary?

Originally Posted by happyisthealero

Installing the program on the primary hard drive is all you need, you can still setup up your partitions regardless of how many HD's you have in your computer. I have had up to 7 HD's in one computer all partitioned.

In other words the program runs off of your first and or primary HD which communicates with you OS to run any commands you give it and by "commands" I mean even a click of the mouse or fill in the boxes to complete any process of putting multiple partitions on all and any hard drives.

What do you do when the first one gets full? That is why I was curious if they can be installed on the other hard drive partitions that have nothing on them,

Don't let it get full. Try to only have your OS and your programs installed on that primary partition. Save all other data (pictures, documents, music, videos) on another partition or hard drive. Depending on how many different programs you want to install, I would say allocate 40-100 GB for that primary partition.