I Believe I successfully moved my FSX folder from C:\ FSX hdd to my new G:\FSX with little trouble and it seemed to work ok, I think. However when looking at my old C: hdd drive I still see my FSX folder and it seems that every thing I change in my G:\ FSX folder is duplicated in my C:\ FSX. Is this normal when using the mklink /j command? Or am I actually running two FSX's ?

I used the "mklink" command as follows" mklink /j "C:\FSX" "G:\FSX" from Jan Vanne's tutorial on moving FSX to SSD. It seems to have worked accept the duplication's.

I tried to delete the C\FSX but noticed I was also deleting the same files in the G:\FSX (SSD). The C: drive actually shows that the FSX is there on that drive. Or is that the way it appears to the system even though the files actually reside on the SSD drive?

 

Just want to know is this normal?

 

Also, I did copy my C:\FSX folder to the SSD drive instead of cutting and moving it so I could maintain a backup of the folder. But I did rename the the folder and FSX.exc to C:\FSXbku. That folder seems to be OK and seeming not affected.

 

I'm using win7/64

 

Walt

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When creating a junction link you will still need a 'link' in the original location to 'point' to the SSD FSX directory. The directory link does not use up much disk space it just points to the new location so the system still believes it's in the original location.

I tend to use a nice little program called Junction Link Magic - it makes things so simple. And best of all - it's freeware.

If you go to the tutorial section here there is a write up on how to do this

Completely normal. The folder on your c drive is only the link folder so do not delete it. It's like looking through a window to the location you set up in mklink.

 

I've used this method successfully many times for other programmes. Be aware though that if you have any add-on's installed into your FSX folder when updating them they (the add-on programme) will still think that FSX is installed on your c drive. Things will generally work ok but it can get confusing.

 

I recently moved my FSX to a SSD drive and used it perfectly well. However, after doing some windows updates my link folder vanished for some inexplicable reason and once the link has gone you can't create a new one. I'm sure this was some evil gremlin hiding in my PC that caused this issue as I've never heard of it happening before. After another complete reload the SSD drive died so maybe the windows update issue was just a coincidence. I'm now very well versed in re-installing FSX

When creating a junction link you will still need a 'link' in the original location to 'point' to the SSD FSX directory. The directory link does not use up much disk space it just points to the new location so the system still believes it's in the original location.

I tend to use a nice little program called Junction Link Magic - it makes things so simple. And best of all - it's freeware.

 

Thanks for the info. One thing I tried to find this out was to just disconnect the SSD signal cable and restart the system. Sure enough, the SSD drive wasn't there and the C:\FSX folder was just empty. So that proves that fsx is only on the SSD drive. I mentioned, I also copied the FSX instead of moving it so I could rename the folder to FSXbku and use it as my backup in case the SSD fails.

 

Thanks,

 

Walt

 

Completely normal. The folder on your c drive is only the link folder so do not delete it. It's like looking through a window to the location you set up in mklink.

 

I've used this method successfully many times for other programmes. Be aware though that if you have any add-on's installed into your FSX folder when updating them they (the add-on programme) will still think that FSX is installed on your c drive. Things will generally work ok but it can get confusing.

 

I recently moved my FSX to a SSD drive and used it perfectly well. However, after doing some windows updates my link folder vanished for some inexplicable reason and once the link has gone you can't create a new one. I'm sure this was some evil gremlin hiding in my PC that caused this issue as I've never heard of it happening before. After another complete reload the SSD drive died so maybe the windows update issue was just a coincidence. I'm now very well versed in re-installing FSX

 

Yes, I see it is completely normal. Thanks for the info. AS mentioned, I also copied the FSX instead of moving it so I could rename the folder to FSXbku and use it as my backup in case the SSD fails.

 

Thanks,

 

Walt

 

When creating a junction link you will still need a 'link' in the original location to 'point' to the SSD FSX directory. The directory link does not use up much disk space it just points to the new location so the system still believes it's in the original location.

I tend to use a nice little program called Junction Link Magic - it makes things so simple. And best of all - it's freeware.

 

You're right, I've seen so many post on how to get this done like registry edits, re-installs etc. When all is needed is this link command.

 

Thanks,

 

Walt

 

If you go to the tutorial section here there is a write up on how to do this

 

Thanks very much.

Walt