August 29, 201213 yr Hi guys, I recently installed windows 7 again and I have to install fsx again, do you guys have any tips on what to do, like the best places to install fsx in another part of the hard drive ? Thanks Fernando B ( I know I misspelled Boeing, I did it on purpose to make it Unique )
August 29, 201213 yr Best to install on a seperate HD if you can (provided it is as fast as your primary HD) Second best is to install it on another partition if you have one. If not, install on your C drive, but not to the default in Microsoft games, install to a folder on the root drive of your PC. IAN Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia RTX5080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2024 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor)
August 29, 201213 yr Author Best to install on a seperate HD if you can (provided it is as fast as your primary HD) Second best is to install it on another partition if you have one. If not, install on your C drive, but not to the default in Microsoft games, install to a folder on the root drive of your PC. IAN I have a 1TB western digital elements external harddrive but its speed is 5400 RPM Fernando B ( I know I misspelled Boeing, I did it on purpose to make it Unique )
August 29, 201213 yr Then I suggest you either shrink your primary volume and create another one D:\ or install to a new folder under C: root. (ie. C:\FSX or better yet C:\MSFS\FSX) Crate the folder(s) yourself before the install, so all securities are properly set to your username, specially the ownership of the folder. And stay away of C:\Program Files; it will avoid Windows GAC, ACL problems, plus a lot of future trouble. Once all your needs are installed, use the WD-1TB drive to keep a safe copy of FSX and a Windows image backup (rinse and repeat at least once a month) Good luck Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
August 29, 201213 yr Author Then I suggest you either shrink your primary volume and create another one D:\ or install to a new folder under C: root. (ie. C:\FSX or better yet C:\MSFS\FSX) Crate the folder(s) yourself before the install, so all securities are properly set to your username, specially the ownership of the folder. And stay away of C:\Program Files; it will avoid Windows GAC, ACL problems, plus a lot of future trouble. Once all your needs are installed, use the WD-1TB drive to keep a safe copy of FSX and a Windows image backup (rinse and repeat at least once a month) Good luck Thanks for the tips, I am going to create a folder in C: and install my scenery in my external drive Fernando B ( I know I misspelled Boeing, I did it on purpose to make it Unique )
August 29, 201213 yr Happy to help. Installing the scenery to the external drive might not be the best approach, as you said, it is 5400 rpm. so the access times t you scenery would be rather slow. (I don’t know if your USBs connectors are 2 or 3) If I had to choose, I would install FSX to “C:\MSFS\FSX” SDK if available to “C:\MSFS\SDK”and scenery to “C:\MSFS\AddOnScenery” Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
August 30, 201213 yr Author I have installed scenery in to external drive and it work pretty well !!!! Fernando B ( I know I misspelled Boeing, I did it on purpose to make it Unique )
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