Hi Judy, You didn't indicate (at least I don't think I saw it) the operating system (i.e. Windows 98, 2000, XP) or the version of Photoshop. New versions of Photoshop (CS, CS2) run best on XP and newer. Having your Photoshop program on the same drive (C-drive) as your operating system is not a problem. The ideal is to separate the programs from the operating system. But it's not a necessity. I run Photoshop 7 on my Windows 2000 laptop with 512mb RAM and all on the c-drive. I've never had a problem. It's quick and works well. I do know that newer versions of Photoshop will not perform well on my laptop and that's why I have stuck with Photoshop 7. If you're running newer versions of Photoshop on say Windows XP, 512mb RAM may not be enough. It will run but you may see performance is bad because it runs slow. You can easily fix this by adding more RAM. 1GB RAM would be great. Again this will all depend on how old your operating system is and whether you can add more RAM. Adding RAM is easy, it's just a matter of snapping extra memory sticks into slots in your computer. If you don't know how to do it ask a computer savvy friend or take it to Best Buy and ask them to do it. Hope this helps, Shawn >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: ROOTSWEB-HELP Digest, Vol 2, Issue 38 >Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:05:51 -0600 > > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Photoshop Question (Judy Florian) > 2. Re: Photoshop Question (Forrest Ladd) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:17:04 -0400 >From: "Judy Florian" <[email protected]> >Subject: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Photoshop Question >To: "LIST: [email protected]" <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Hi, > >I had to rewrite my harddrive and reload my computer programs. > >Photoshop reloaded but a message came up saying it might be better to have >Windows and Photoshop loaded on 2 separate physical drives. Before, I did >load Photoshop and Image Ready on an external drive -- and Windows >automatically made it load through C>Start>My Programs.. But, I was so fed >up after a week of computer problems and reloading that I just loaded >all the programs to C. > >I have 512 RAM and a large harddrive (20G I think). I'm used to having >Frontpage open and using Photoshop at the same time if needed. So will I >now have trouble? > >If I will have trouble, what steps should I do to uninstall Image Ready and >uninstall Photoshop (from C) and reload back to the Programs folder I had >on >the external drive? Please give simple, step by step directions. Although >I'm smarter on the computer, loading programs and uninstalling still gives >me pause sometimes and I'm not always sure about the steps to do. (And >which >steps first, second, etc.) > >Judy > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:31:52 -0500 >From: Forrest Ladd <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ROOTSWEB-HELP] Photoshop Question >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >I've just gone through a similar shake-up, and have found that Adobe >products are very particular, especially with the activation issue. >I've also found that some of their techs are nearly complete duds. >You might try this number, which is listed for activation problems, >but I think you're more likely to get a tech who knows something else too: >1-866-772-3623, or a toll number, 1-206-675-6222 > >At 07:17 PM 4/20/2007, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I had to rewrite my harddrive and reload my computer programs. > > > >Photoshop reloaded but a message came up saying it might be better to >have > >Windows and Photoshop loaded on 2 separate physical drives. Before, I >did > >load Photoshop and Image Ready on an external drive -- and Windows > >automatically made it load through C>Start>My Programs.. But, I was so >fed > >up after a week of computer problems and reloading that I just loaded > >all the programs to C. > > > >I have 512 RAM and a large harddrive (20G I think). I'm used to having > >Frontpage open and using Photoshop at the same time if needed. So will I > >now have trouble? > > > >If I will have trouble, what steps should I do to uninstall Image Ready >and > >uninstall Photoshop (from C) and reload back to the Programs folder I had >on > >the external drive? Please give simple, step by step directions. >Although > >I'm smarter on the computer, loading programs and uninstalling still >gives > >me pause sometimes and I'm not always sure about the steps to do. 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WinXP Pro, PS7, 512 RAM (laptop, no more slots and supposedy highest this laptop will run on the motherboard?, I was told by Gateway.) Laptop 6 mos old. I never had this error message before, running on the same system with the same programs loaded. The error happened after wiping the harddrive clean, and reloading the same programs I had before. Judy > === > > > > >I had to rewrite my harddrive and reload my computer programs. > > > > > >Photoshop reloaded but a message came up saying it might be better to > >have > > >Windows and Photoshop loaded on 2 separate physical drives. Before, I > >did > > >load Photoshop and Image Ready on an external drive -- and Windows > > >automatically made it load through C>Start>My Programs.. But, I was so > >fed > > >up after a week of computer problems and reloading that I just loaded > > >all the programs to C. > > > > > >I have 512 RAM and a large harddrive (20G I think). I'm used to having > > >Frontpage open and using Photoshop at the same time if needed. So will > I > > >now have trouble? > > > > > >If I will have trouble, what steps should I do to uninstall Image Ready > >and > > >uninstall Photoshop (from C) and reload back to the Programs folder I > had > >on > > >the external drive? Please give simple, step by step directions. > >Although > > >I'm smarter on the computer, loading programs and uninstalling still > >gives > > >me pause sometimes and I'm not always sure about the steps to do. (And > >which > > >steps first, second, etc.) > > > > > >Judy