RE: [APML] OT:Help needed Optimizing Computer for PS(long)

["R. Scott Ireland" <ireland@gate.net>]

Michael,

I second Robert's suggestion.  I mostly use a Win2k P4 machine for image
processing now (1.4GHz), BUT, I also still use my old Pentium II machine
(450MHz).  And the old machine, while a little slower, is not much slower.
I am processing many image files, and they are each 61MB in size or larger
(4000dpi 35mm), and the PII machine handles them like a champ.

However, the PII has 640MB of RAM and the P4 has 1GB of RAM.  And I set
Photoshop (under edit-preferences) to use 90% of the RAM.

Photoshop is very, very RAM hungry.

Scott

website:  http://www.rsiphotos.com/
email:  ireland@gate.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of Michael Gartland
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 2:40 AM
> To: APML
> Subject: [APML] OT:Help needed Optimizing Computer for PS(long)
>
>
> I am changing around my computer...I am trying to optimize for PS. I
> hope someone can give me some suggestions...I am adding a 40Gig HD on
> the second physical HD and going with Dual Boot and win2K, so that I
> still have Win98 to run those glitchy programs...here is a post I made
> to a storage group, but no help there, I hope those here can give me
> some insight so I can get this right....Astro processing is killiing my
> machine and PS is all gummed up under win98, some advice on how to set
> up the win memory manager and the PS scratch disk would be appreciated.
> Partitioning guidance would also be helpful.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or advice!
> Below is my posting.....
>
> Right now I am running Win98SE2 on my primary physical HD 13.6g),
> single partition. I just use a second HD (also 13.6) for backup and
> data storage, also no partitioning. I also use CD-RW for critical
> backup files. I am acquiring a copy of Win2Kpro and another (40G) HD
> and want to load the Win2K with Dual boot and was hoping for some help
> to a few basic questions that archetecture setup and the Dual Boot
> setup recipe...
>
> I have:
> -550mhzP3 processor w/768meg RAM
> -13.6g IDE HD(primary master)
> -13.6g IDE HD (primary slave)
> -DVD/CD ROM (Secondary master)
> -CD R/RW (secondary slave)
>
> Coming is the 40Gig IBM IDE HD. I will stay in FAT32, I use Photoshop
> a lot.
>
> Here is my idea of the new archetecture (trying to prevent
> reinstalling Win98 and all it's related programs):
>
> -13.6g IDE HD (keep existing primary master with Win 98 and related
> programs
> installed)
> -CD-ROM (move to primary slave) most writing to this will occur out of
> second
> HD.
> -40g IDE HD (make secondary master with Win2K, also main Data
> Directories)
> -DVD CD-ROM (make scondary slave) most DVD operation will be out of
> Win98.
>
> 1. Can Dual boot be out of different physical drives?
> 2. Should I set up a Win sctach disk partiiton (2gig?) when I format
> the 40g drive? Should I set up a (2gig) Photoshop scratch disk
> partition? If so to both of these, where should on the drive these
> partitions be?
> 3. Do I need to use FDisk or something else (I have Norton) to format
> the 40G drive to get around the 32.5 gig problem?
> 4. When formatting the 40Gig drive, do I tell it that it will be a
> bootable drive or will the Win2K install do that?
> 5. Do I need to reinstall under Win2K any programs I want to run when
> booted to Win2K?
>
> thanks for any help!
>
> Have a Nice Day!
> m
>
> Email:   mgartlan@iconn.net
>
>
>
>
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