CS4 Working from another disk?

In the past I have asked about working from our Server which we no longer have but we do have an external data drive to always have with us be it home or on the road with laptop. Is it a big deal to work from a networked (gigbit ethernet)data drive?



Thanks!

Sherry

Oceanside ~ South Lake Tahoe, CA
CS4 Working from another disk?
Are you talking about installing ID on the external drive, or just keeping your data files there? The former will not work (and may be a license violation if you move it around), but the latter will, though You may have trouble with ID reporting links missing or modified.



With that in mind, you should also remember that working with files stored locally on your hard drive is faster and more reliable, and Adobe recommends copying to your local machine for editing, then copying back to the external drive for storage. Many of us, however, continue to work directly on external devices without major problems, though I have seen the occasional file corruption at school (where working locally is a disaster waiting to happen if the computer crashes for any reason, like a power blip that happens all to frequently here -- the school machines use DeepFreeze and revert to the base image everytime they boot, wiping out anything you might have stored on the hard drive temporarily).



Peter
CS4 Working from another disk?
Hi Peter!



Thanks so much for replying. No, I would have the programs on my computer. We used to have our Data file on our Server and talk about SLOW. We then dropped the use of the Server to simplify and are now going to an external carry hard drive for the data.



I do know how slow it can be and have been doing just what you mentioned, copying over to my machine for editing, then back again at the end of the day.



I have found lately, tho I have a screaming machine, tif files take FOREVER to open ... ah, such is life I guess.



Thanks so much for the help. I know I can always count on the Forum!!!

Sherry