Bridge CC Move Cache to Different Drive

Yes I can see the path OK all the way to the current cache location, but I can't twirl back and choose a new drive.  I was sure I'd been able to do this before, and the data was transferred automatically.  I'll restart the system and try again.

No that didn't make any difference.

I've actually just recovered from a fairly big system crash, and lost one of my raid arrays.  Those drives have been removed, and replacement (faster bigger) should be with me tomorrow, plus I have bumped a bigger and faster drive for use as my Scratch disk, which os where I was hoping to put my cache.

ACR cache happily moved to the new drive, and PremPro is playing nicely.  Perhaps I am wrong.  Are you able to see other drives when you click on the Bridge cache location?

It's not a biggy.  I think I have about 70Gb space on the SSD boot drive, but I like to keep that drive as un clogged as possible.

Nope.  There is no twirl forward.  Nothing before the My user tree.

But I can access My Docs, Downloads, etc. all of which are on other drives.  Just not the drive I want, nor in the place I want.  I'm wondering if this anything to do with my having to work on my drives.  Clutching at straws, but I'm a bit stuck.  I might try reinstalling Bridge.

That sounded promising Curt. but no change.  I restarted Bridge after adding it as a favourite as well.  Computer is alreading in the Favourites, so I guess it knows what drives I have.

Nice idea Curt.  I tried sneaking up on it via a roundabout route, but I can't get to Computer nor individual drives.

No. Honest Indian.  It was a great idea Curt, but I am completely unable to get back to the Computer drive tree. 

I have placed the Scratch drive in the Bridge Favourites, (I assumed that you meant Bridge favourites, and not Explorer ?) but like I said, Computer was already there.  I have twirled open every branch but can not see the Bridge favourites.

Here's another thing.  If I go Tools > Cache both options are greyed out.  I did Purge the cache when I started this process, because I was pretty sure a lot of the links were going to be broken while I was fixing my drives.

I'll tell you the story...

The system failed stone dead, and would not restart.  This was Christmas Eve, and my IT shop, who originally built the box were closed until the 6th Jan, so I managed to source an new PSU, which I fitted.  The PSU was modular like the original, so I used some of the existing cables.  This may have been a mistake!  Anyway, I couldn't get it running, so it went to the shop on the 7th.

It came back working, but one of my two drive raid0 arrays was not showing.  I removed both drives and tried them individually on another socket, but both were dead.  I wonder if I fried them with the mixed cables?  Hmmmm expensive mistake.

While I was at it, I removed my old Scratch disk, which was a 1st gen 150Gb Velociraptor.  I was hoping one of the raid0 drives was still functioning, but as not, I did have a 300Gb 2nd gen v'raptor, so I fitted that and labelled it Scratch.

The postman has just delived a pair of 1Tb latest gen v'raptors, which I shall use for the raid0 which is my fast Project drive, but I have a really tight deadline client job that I have to get out today, so the rebuild has to wait till that is clear and at the printers.

So my thoughts are that during all this messing with drives, I have broken a link, but I'd have thought that a restart would fix that.  A reinstall will surely fix it, so I'll get to that when I have my artwork finished.  Not a biggy, but strange an ever so slightly annoying.

Thanks for your help Curt.  You have had a couple of clever left field ideas there.

If only...  Nowhere to type.  This is what I see...  no editable path, just unhelpful grey text, and I showed the twirled out window that opens when I click on Choose

I have all my drives up and running again, but the drive letters won't be the same as before the system failed.  I have no idea if that is relevant though.  

Would it be worth running it by the Photoshop forum lads?  Curt posts there, and he and you have been very helpful, and come up with angles thatI hadn't, but maybe Noel etc. or even some of the Staff guys might have an idea?

I'll reinstall Bridge first, because that just might fix it.

Thanks for the help and ideas.  Much appreciated.

Thanks Yammer.  The reinstall made no difference, and I am disinclined to remove all the CC apps and use the cleaning tool, because my internet connection is pants.  So I'll try reg edit tomorrow.

Robert Shomler wrote:

 

Have you tried resetting Bridge preferences?  A thought; I didn't see mention of preferences reset reading through these posts

I had that thought yesterday.  In fact I didn't know you could do that with Bridge, but I think it was Ctl / Cmd while starting Bridge.  Didin't help though.