I started out with Lightroom, then upgraded to Lightroom 2. Can I uninstall the first version without it screwing everything up in the current version? I desperately need to free up some space on my hard drive and am searching for any & all unnecessary programs I can delete. At this point, I can't even open PS and get a message that all the "scratch disks" are full. I assume this is because I have zero space on my hard drive. Working on getting a new computer soon...
Angela - I can't directly answer the question, but if you uninstall version 1 and something's wrong, would it be a big deal to uninstall and re-install version 2? If not, then I'd just do it. The thing I'd worry about is some of the shared files, but I'd guess that the uninstaller would handle that OK.
As far as a new computer goes....if your main reason if because of the hard drive, I'd simply get a larger one, and some cloning software. You could get a 1 or 2 TB drive relatively cheap, then clone the old drive to the new one, install the new one and everything should work perfectly.
It would also help to know what kind of system you currently have. (Mac or PC, laptop or desktop).
I don't know the answer to you question, but I don't think it is going to solve your problem. The Adobe folder on my system is only slightly more than 1 gig while the Lightroom Beta is 46 MB - I have image files bigger than that.
Regardless of whether or not you plan to buy another computer, I'd probably buy an external hard drive and start moving unneeded things there. You'll free up a lot more space and don't actually need to delete anything. Or even a second larger internal drive to start moving things over.
Also, are you running any sort of backup system? We're not necessarily talking about a complicated RAID setup- just some external drives to keep two copies of important files or multiple cd backups.
My computer is a dinosaur (over 6 yrs. old). We need a new one for various reasons, not just because the hard drive is full. I plan to purchase an external hard drive to use for backup with the new system. I know deleting a few programs won't free up much room, but hopefully enough so I can at least run PS.
Angela, I am currently typing this on is a PC that is over five years old, and it runs very nicely. You can 'punch up' your dino by doing a few things,,,
Max out the RAM. PS uses lots of memory, and coupled with the OS overhead, things can really slow down. RAM is inexpensive and is easy to install.
Delete unnecessary browser cache files, temporay files and other junk and then defrag your hard drive. You'll be amazed at how much space you can free up.
Install a second hard drive and then move all your archive stuff to it.
Defrag your main drive again after you've moved archived files.
Set up PS to use the new drive as your scratch disk.
Once you buy your new machine, keep the old one and set it up on a network with your new machine. By doing this you'll have a place to store archive or backup files.
One final note: If you're using a PC with Win XP, be sure to create restore points before uninstalling programs. That way, if something goes south, you can revert to the working state of the machine using System Restore.
I don't advocate uninstalling/reinstalling programs. It's better to move or delete document files you don't need. As has been mentioned, some installers don't remove all the files, because they may be shared, and (sometimes) registry entries are left behaind that can really ball things up if an upgrade or reinstall is needed.
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Posted by Vinnie Ciano on April 6, 2010 at 5:01 AM
Uninstall version 1 and 2. Reinstall version 2 and it will ask you for the serial number for version 1. Enter the version 1 serial number and you are done. That's the way I installed it on my computer.
Yea, have your ver #1 serial number ready if you bought the Ver #2 upgrade. Let us know how it went. Hard drives are cheap nowadays, but from experience, always so a second backup on CD/DVD, I lost a years worth of family and nature shots when my new external hard drive stopped, and it was only 4 months old...so far I cannot find anyone with a program to hopefully recover the photo's, and it been a year now!
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7 repliesI started out with Lightroom, then upgraded to Lightroom 2. Can I uninstall the first version without it screwing everything up in the current version? I desperately need to free up some space on my hard drive and am searching for any & all unnecessary programs I can delete. At this point, I can't even open PS and get a message that all the "scratch disks" are full. I assume this is because I have zero space on my hard drive. Working on getting a new computer soon...
As far as a new computer goes....if your main reason if because of the hard drive, I'd simply get a larger one, and some cloning software. You could get a 1 or 2 TB drive relatively cheap, then clone the old drive to the new one, install the new one and everything should work perfectly.
It would also help to know what kind of system you currently have. (Mac or PC, laptop or desktop).
Regardless of whether or not you plan to buy another computer, I'd probably buy an external hard drive and start moving unneeded things there. You'll free up a lot more space and don't actually need to delete anything. Or even a second larger internal drive to start moving things over.
Also, are you running any sort of backup system? We're not necessarily talking about a complicated RAID setup- just some external drives to keep two copies of important files or multiple cd backups.
Max out the RAM. PS uses lots of memory, and coupled with the OS overhead, things can really slow down. RAM is inexpensive and is easy to install.
Delete unnecessary browser cache files, temporay files and other junk and then defrag your hard drive. You'll be amazed at how much space you can free up.
Install a second hard drive and then move all your archive stuff to it.
Defrag your main drive again after you've moved archived files.
Set up PS to use the new drive as your scratch disk.
Once you buy your new machine, keep the old one and set it up on a network with your new machine. By doing this you'll have a place to store archive or backup files.
One final note: If you're using a PC with Win XP, be sure to create restore points before uninstalling programs. That way, if something goes south, you can revert to the working state of the machine using System Restore.
I don't advocate uninstalling/reinstalling programs. It's better to move or delete document files you don't need. As has been mentioned, some installers don't remove all the files, because they may be shared, and (sometimes) registry entries are left behaind that can really ball things up if an upgrade or reinstall is needed.
--P