What the heck is a primary scratch disk?

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I was scanning some photos to use in another application and got the error
message that I can't download anymore photos because my primary scratch disk
is full and I need to free up some space. I'd be happy to, but I have no
clue what they're talking about. Any help for this idiot would be
appreciated.

MKurtz
 
The following article is specific for Adobe
PhotoDeluxe but it explains what a scratch
disk is and I suspect the suggestion about
deleting temp files may be your solution.

Error "Scratch disk is full" when you edit an image
(PhotoDeluxe 3.0-4.x)
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/328548.html

Running Disk Cleanup, Error Checking and
Defrag on a regular schedule is a good idea.

(310312) Description of the Disk Cleanup
Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310312

(315265) How to Perform Disk Error Checking
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265

(314848) How to Defragment Your Disk
Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314848

(305781) HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment
a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305781

Adjusting the size of your paging file may be
useful also, the following article offers instructions:

(308417) HOW TO: Set Performance Options
in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308417
 
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