ACDSee and Memory

[ellen_s]

I've been using ACDSee (though I don't know that I'll ever get everything catagorized) but I've downloaded so much stuff that lately it crashes whenever I start it up. I know I don't have enough memory and my current (ancient) computer won't take any more than the 1 gig that it already has. Any recommendations on how much memory, and maybe what type of computer I need to invest in? I have to stick with a PC due to work, plus I can't really afford a Mac, though I'd love one!

[dugarner]

Originally Posted by ellen_s

I've been using ACDSee (though I don't know that I'll ever get everything catagorized) but I've downloaded so much stuff that lately it crashes whenever I start it up. I know I don't have enough memory and my current (ancient) computer won't take any more than the 1 gig that it already has. Any recommendations on how much memory, and maybe what type of computer I need to invest in? I have to stick with a PC due to work, plus I can't really afford a Mac, though I'd love one!

Do you have 1 gig of hard drive space, or 1 gig of RAM?

[elseepe]

I've never really taken the plunge to AcDSee, but did look at it for a while. There is some good info on digiscrapinfo.com and it seems to me that there is some sort of maintenance that is recommended to run once a week or so to keep the database in good order.

[ellen_s]

Thanks! Sarah, I have 1 gig of RAM. Lisa, I'll check that site, too.

[esther_a]

If you've got an older computer and it's crashing it could be all sorts of things. Does it crash for other software as well? I do find that ACDSee is a bit unstable. It sometimes crashes and I'll have to open it a couple of times before it repairs. But it always does repair, and at least you don't lose anything (unlike when PSE crashes!!!!).
Here are some other things to check:
How much space is left on your hard drive?
Have you got anti-virus software?
How long since you de-fragged your hard drive?
I must confess that even though I teach senior students about computing and know most of this in theory, in practice when one of my old computers starts to play up I take it in for repair or buy a new one
Esther

[mhowe]

Another problem with ACDSee is long file names. If you have lots of folders that include multiple nested folders the long names can cause problems. To keep file names shorter I try to only have one folder within each file. I usually put everything except the alphabets in one main folder so I end up with all paper and elements in the main folder and then one alphabet sub-folder. Also, try running the optimize database tool.

[ellen_s]

Thanks, ladies. Appreciate all the help!

[faerywings]

Hi ellen, I just posted in another thread re: acdsee crashing. Marcie gave the exact advice that I did.

Were you able to get it to work ok?