My wife's computer is loaded with photos, and she is getting message now that Photoshop Elements may not work right because she is out of space on her hard drive. Am I right in assuming that plugging an external hard drive in will solve that problem? Is it simply that easy to do? The PC has USB ports. What else do I need to know or think about? She is reluctant to delete things...what can I say.

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Hi Barnum,

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Phil


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On Friday, March 28, 2008 at 5:49 pm, Barnum wrote:

>My wife's computer is loaded with photos, and she is getting message now that Photoshop 

>Elements may not work right because she is out of space on her hard drive.  Am I 

>right in assuming that plugging an external hard drive in will solve that problem? 

> Is it simply that easy to do?  The PC has USB ports.  What else do I need to know 

>or think about?  

>She is reluctant to delete things...what can I say. 

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Out of Hard Drive Space, or Out of Memory. Photoshop uses a lot of of Ram, and Swap File. so it can give errors when those sources are low also.

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How can I be certain it's the hard drive, and not memory Steve? I have made a little room on hard drive by deleting a few things.


On Friday, March 28, 2008 at 8:11 pm, Steve wrote:
>Out of Hard Drive Space, or Out of Memory. Photoshop uses a lot of of Ram, and Swap
>File. so it can give errors when those sources are low also.

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You need to be clear on the error message. How Big is your Hard Drive, and how much empty space is on it.

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HD is 130GB. It currently has about 10% free or available.

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With only 10 percent free space then it would be time to add another Hard Drive to free up some space.

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Most USB 2.0 external hard drives are simply plug and play. I suggest that as a beginner, you avoid those models that come with pre-installed software of any kind.

In my opinion, an external with its own power supply is best. That way usb difficulties do not prevent it powering up, and it is a simple matter to use it on different computers.

I have found that external hard drives with additional features such as smart card readers are recognized by XP as 2 different bits of hardware. For such drives, I find it best to plug in the unit unpowered and wait for XP to 'find' and 'install' it, and then turn it on and let the process run again.

The first time you attach your hard drive, allow "Autoplay" to run and follow the "wizard" to the end where you should mark "Take no action."

My most recent external is a Seagate Free Agent, which has proven to be no problem at all. Although it has an independent power supply, the unit turns on and off with USB connection, so I allow it to be on full time with my computer. Since it has an internal fan, I do not worry about overheating.

After installing your new external, remember that it is necessary to move things to the new hard drive. I keep all my photos, movies, videos, music, and documents on the external. It also contains a regularly backed-up copy of "My Documents." C:\ contains only Windows and my installed programs, all of which have set-up files also saved on the external.

Good luck, and I'm sure that you will find computing so much better with an external hard drive as part of your system.

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