Ensure that your computer has adequate free hard disk space. Ensure that you have write permissions to the location to which you’re saving the file. Ensure that you’re not saving the file to a network drive. That use case is unsupported. Add scratch disks for Photoshop’s use (Preferences > Scratch Disks). In the Windows dialog that opens, navigate to the folder created in Step 1 and choose it. Now in the LR Folder panel, you should be able to see this folder. Select folders from the Folder panel that are on your C:\ drive. Drag these folders to the EHD Folder now showing in the Folder panel and Drop. Steps are as follows: Right click the Windows logo on Taskbar and select “ Disk Management .”. On the Disk Management window, right click C: Drive and select “ Shrink Volume .”. On the Shrink C: dialog box, click Shrink without bothering about the shrink space. To quickly determine whether Lightroom Classic is crashing due to a corrupt catalog, do the following: Press and hold the Alt (Win) / option (macOS) key while launching Lightroom Classic. In the Select Catalog dialog box, select another catalog or click Create a New Catalog. If Lightroom Classic launches successfully, a corrupt catalog is Change the location of your scratch disk in Photoshop preferences. If you have multiple hard drives, you can change the location of your scratch disk in Photoshop preferences to an alternate drive where more space is available. To do this, open Photoshop and go to Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks. 4) Reinstalled Lightroom - this was installed to the Adobe Folder on my larger drive. 5) Opened lightroom - went to Edit > Preferences - chose Local Storage from the LH nave - changed the Storage Location for Originals to a folder with all my photos in on the same Big HD drive I'd installed Lightroom on. File locations in Windows. Note: Some of the folders you're looking for could be hidden. To view them, choose Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Folder Options. In the Advanced area of the View tab, make sure that Show Hidden Files and Folders is selected, and then click OK. The Lightroom Classic program file C:\Program Once you’ve done all of the above, Smart Collections become an easy, and powerful, tool for you to pull images out of your catalog with. Create a Smart Collection with the filters: Rating = “5 lHIH.