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Flight Simulator Memory Question?  
User currently offlineFlyMIA From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6297 posts, RR: 6
Posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 4876 times:

Well when I first installed my FS9 on my computer a few years ago I put it on my C drive. Tonight I just taught myself that my D drive is much larger than my C drive, I had a problem installing a plane into my FS folder today because I did not have enough room in my C drive. I made enough room by putting some files in the D drive and deleting them in the C drive. But here is my question. Since my D drive is much large and has almost all of its space free can I just move my FS9 File to my D drive? Will anything happen? I cant afford to lose some of my downloads so I want to be 100% before I try anything. If I just moved FS9 to my D drive that I wont have to do anything else and the program will run normally? If there is a risk of something going wrong I dont want to take it. So is it as easy as I think?
Thanks


"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
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User currently offlineJamesbaldwyn From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 4873 times:

There shouldn't be a problem but I would back up those important addons just in case something goes wrong.

It'll take a while though! 4-5 GB +  Big grin

User currently offlineDavid L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9216 posts, RR: 42
Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 4859 times:

Quoting Jamesbaldwyn (Reply 1):
There shouldn't be a problem

Wouldn't you get problems if files aren't where the registry and config files think they are?

User currently offlineJamesbuk From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 3968 posts, RR: 5
Reply 3, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4856 times:

Quoting David L (Reply 2):

Yeh it wont work, I tried it a few months ago, well about 8 months ago trying to move mine over to my partition, didnt work so i reinstalled the core fs files, then moved my freeware planes over, reinstalled payware ac and was good to go.

Took about 2 hours.

Rgds --James--


You cant have your cake and eat it... What the hells the point in having it then!!!
User currently offlineJamesbaldwyn From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 4821 times:

Quoting Jamesbaldwyn (Reply 1):
There shouldn't be a problem



Quoting Jamesbuk (Reply 3):
Yeh it wont work

Walks away with head down...

User currently offlineDavid L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9216 posts, RR: 42
Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 4812 times:

Quoting Jamesbaldwyn (Reply 4):
Walks away with head down...

Sorry about that.  Smile

I learned that about Windows the hard way, having previously been able to move applications around very easily on the Amiga.

User currently offlineGoingAround From United Kingdom, joined May 2007, 127 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 4807 times:

OR...

You could move your entire FS folder over, and use the clever little tool from Flight1, (Clicky)

Point it to the new location of your FS9.exe and away you go.

Alex

User currently offlineJamesbaldwyn From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 4794 times:

Off topic and sorry but the question has been answered.

Would I be able to copy the entire 'C' onto a slave drive and then make that the master ?

User currently offlineFlyMIA From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6297 posts, RR: 6
Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 4785 times:

Alright it looks like I wont try to do it. I took some files off my C and put them in my almost empty D drive though.


"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
User currently offlineJamesbuk From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 3968 posts, RR: 5
Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 4779 times:

Quoting FlyMIA (Reply 8):

The game will work, You just cant pick the folder up and put it in your other HDD. You have to reinstall it to there.

Rgds --James--


You cant have your cake and eat it... What the hells the point in having it then!!!
User currently offlineCDreier From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 65 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 4762 times:

No offense, but many of us don't consider it a "game". With so many payware add-ons, VATSIM, etc., it's a simulation.
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