Ok heres the problem. I formatted my hdd and installed xp and when I installed ps I got this message when I opened it up:

You currently have Adobe Photoshop's primary Scratch and Windows' primary paging file on the same volume, which can result in reduced performance. It is recommended that you set Adobe Photoshop's primary Scratch volume to be on a different volume, preferably on a different physical drive.

I have 512 of sd ram and a 1.2GHz AMD processor and ps does seam to be running a lot slower then before. What can I do to fix this? Another hdd isn't out of the question if absolutely necessary, but im still not sure how I would set that up. Any way all your help is appreciated. Thanks

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