Adobe Premiere Elements 12 - Manual (Page 289)

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1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 12 > Preferences > Scratch Disks.
2. For each scratch disk type, specify a disk location for Premiere Elements to store the corresponding files. Choose one of these options from
the pop-up menu:
Stores scratch files in the My Documents folder.
Stores scratch files in the same folder where the project is stored.
Indicates that the current path isn’t in the pop-up menu. The current path isn’t changed until you click Browse to specify any
available disk location.
Maximizing scratch disk performance
If your computer has only one hard disk, consider leaving all scratch disk options at their default settings.
If it has more than one, choose large, secondary hard drives for scratch disks and not the main load drive. In Premiere Elements, you can
place each type of scratch file onto its own disk. For example, you copy video to one disk and audio to another.
Defragment scratch disks regularly by using the Disk Defragmenter tool in Windows or a third-party utility. To use the Disk Defragmenter tool,
choose Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. For more instructions, see the documentation provided with
Windows or the third-party utility.
Specify your fastest hard disks for capturing media and storing scratch files. You can use a slower disk for audio preview files and the project
file.
Specify only disks attached to your computer. The throughput from a hard disk on a network is too slow. Avoid using removable media as
scratch disks because Premiere Elements always requires access to scratch disk files. Scratch disk files are preserved for each project, even
when you close the project. Premiere Elements reuses these files when you reopen the project associated with them. If scratch disk files are
stored on removable media and the media is removed from the drive, the scratch disk is not available to Premiere Elements.
You can divide a single disk into partitions and set up each partition as a virtual scratch disk. However, partitioning doesn’t improve
performance because the single drive mechanism is a bottleneck. For best results, set up scratch disk volumes on actual separate drives.
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