How big is yours?

[fs4fun 366]

125GB total with 80GB on a 120GB SSD and 45GB of mesh data on my HDD. I used mklink as described above to move the mesh data off the SSD.

 

I can't believe how fast the SSD is filling up, I'm going to replace it with a 250GB one soon (probably one of the Samsung ones).

[Q_flyer 766]

I own pretty much every payware add-on aircraft that ever get's released, and the majority (but not all!) payware sceneries ............... but............ I take a "unistall when not in use" approach to my FSX installation, so for example, although I own all of the Orbx regions, at present none are installed as I'm not currently flying them.  Same with other scenery areas and also at present I only have the AXE and Ants Airplnes P92 Eaglet aircraft installed at present.

 

FSX Directory size, using the above approach:    64.4GB.

 

:smile:

[BartEnder 2]

It is not about the size if You ask me, it is about the proper technique. Technique of storing the files. My FSX is 140 GB big. I keep it clean as much as practicable - that means no additional liveries (I do not need them inside the cockpit), no airports, which I am planning to visit in the foreseen future and so on.

i also have an 64 GB SSD for all the other stuff (TTS voices, Rise of Flight, OS...) and bigger HDD for backup, externalized to the cloud.

[xplanery 250]

262GB, used to be way bigger when I still had all the sceneries I own installed all around the world, now I have mainly those installed that i happen to use at the moment. 

[bukeyolacan 24]

I didn't install ORBX sceneries in my fresh FSX setup cause they need a switch to activate but also they take lots of space on my SSD. If i do the method with mklink to move them to HDD, will it slow down the loading time of FSX?

[ZKOKQ 984]

I didn't install ORBX sceneries in my fresh FSX setup cause they need a switch to activate but also they take lots of space on my SSD. If i do the method with mklink to move them to HDD, will it slow down the loading time of FSX?

No slow down at all.

[MDF86 123]

Wow how do people get such huge amounts? Mine is 100GB and I have FSGlobal mesh, Orbx England, REX, loads of NGX liveries, about 40 payware airports etc!

[bukeyolacan 24]

Wow how do people get such huge amounts? Mine is 100GB and I have FSGlobal mesh, Orbx England, REX, loads of NGX liveries, about 40 payware airports etc!

It may be cause some people maybe hiding something in FSX folder :lol:

[tonywob 4,769]

1TB drive, filled with 500GB for FSX so far.

[flightwatch 68]

93.9gb  and rising every day

[shamrockflyer 647]

202 GB.

How is yours that big? Guessing you have lots of scenery installed? 

[Kaboki 437]

I have a 512GB SSD but running out off space soon, planning on getting a 900GB SSD disk after FTX Global comes out. My FSX install seem to never stop growing ^_^ And to tho OP, yeah you're attemt to make the topic title funny sure succeded, I had a good laugh :lol:

[Clutch Cargo 384]

500GB SSD for P3D, 256GB for FSX, 2T in Velops for Add-ons.  About to buy another 2T for add-ons and ever expanding photoreal stuff.   Never ends.

 

Anybody using Blu-ray for back-ups/storage?  What with disks capable of holding 25GB per disk thinking this may be a good way to go.

 

Clutch

[bukeyolacan 24]

I moved ORBX folder to HDD and loading times slowed down about 1 min compared to SSD

[IFR7700 228]

I have used about 145 Gb on a 447 Gb SSD.  My operating systems and programs are on a separate 223 Gb SSD.  My Megascenery Earth is on another HDD (1Tb Velociraptor), but I'm rethinking this setup.