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6 Easy Ways To Fix Scratch Disk Full Error

July 22, 2014 by Sathish Leave a Comment

Are you getting the “scratch disk is full” error while working on Adobe Photoshop? Do you want to get rid of this annoying error which will not let you to use any tools of Photoshop? Then you are in the right. Here I am going to post some of the quickest and easiest ways to fix scratch disks full error.

What Is Scratch Disk?

Before getting into the ways for fixing scratch disks full error, lets find out the meaning of scratch disk. A scratch disk on Adobe Photoshop is nothing but your computer hard drive. For systems with only one partition, the scratch disks are usually C drive (where you have the windows operating system). Scratch disks are used by Photoshop as virtual memory or temporary space for performing operations when your random access memory of your system is low.

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Ways To Fix Scratch Disk Full Error:

Fix Scratch Disk Error

1) Use A Different Drive:

If you are having many hard disk partitions on your system, then using a different partition from the one where the Windows operating system is installed will fix the scratch disk is full error. You can do this by click on Edit -> Preferences -> Performance and then selecting a different partition for scratch disks (either D or E or F drive based on the number of your partitions).

Usually many people without noticing select their scratch disks as the “C drive” where Windows OS is installed and this will result in the error. So the next time you are installing Adobe Photoshop, pay attention and select a different partition for the scratch disks.

2) Expanding Your Hard Drive:

Scratch disks full error shows up because of lack of usable space for Photoshop to perform its functions. To avoid this completely, you can buy a new big hard drive with lots of space or you can buy a external hard disk drive and use it only when you are using Adobe Photoshop. Either way, you will be able to increase the disk space of your computer thereby fixing the scratch disk is full error.

3) Deleting Photoshop Temporary Files:

While using Photoshop, if it gets crashed or if you shut it down improperly then a large amount of temporary files will get left behind in your hard disk. Therefore whenever your Photoshop gets crashed or shut down for no reason, delete the temporary files and save a lot of disk space. The temporary file name of Photoshop in Windows is ~PST####.tmp and on Mac is Temp#### (#### are numbers).

4) Deleted Unwanted Files In Hard Disk:

Most of the times, we tend to keep files and folders which are of no use to us in the Hard drive of our computer. These files are occupying space which can be used by Photoshop as temporary “swap” space. So the next time you get the “scratch disk is full” error while using Adobe Photoshop, delete the unwanted files in your hard disk and increase the free space on your hard disk.

5) Defragmenting Hard Disk Drive:

Sometimes even if your disk has enough free space, you might get the “Disk full” error on Photoshop. Since Photoshop requires unfragmented free space for scratch disks, your hard disk might not have them. So whenever you get the disk full error even when your disks have free space, defragment your hard disk manually. You can make use of tools like Auslogics Disk Defrag, Defraggler, MyDefrag, etc., for this purpose.

6) Cropping Scratch Disks Error:

If you encounter the scratch disks full error while cropping an image in Adobe Photoshop, then its most likely that you have entered the resolution and size value in the crop tool options bar or you might have entered wrong values. For example, if you enter 1200 x 1600 without noticing your units set as inches rather than pixels will result in the creation of a large file which will automatically result in the scratch disk is full error. So always pay attention while entering the dimensions while creating a new file.

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These are the best and easiest ways for fixing scratch disks error. Do let me know whether these tips helps you to get rid of the disks full error in Photoshop via the comments section below.

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