Earlier this year I purchased a 110GB SSD,  and foolishly partitioned it into what now shows on my PC as C: and D:. ( I have older HDD’s as well, E:. F:,  etc….  plus a DVD drive).  I installed Windows 8 onto C:, and FSX onto D: (both on the same physical SSD).

 

Not surprisingly, D: is becoming full, and I have resorted to placing some scenery items onto E: (older HDD).  I did post some time ago here about “undoing” the partitioning without destroying C:, and re-installing FSX onto another drive,  which I may still do.  I am now getting a 500GB SSD (thanks to those who added recommendations here recently).  I could uninstall FSX from D: and just re-install it onto the new SSD.

 

Question:  is it possible to copy all of D: (my existing FSX) onto the new SSD, assign the old D: to a different drive letter, and assign the new SSD to D:,  and have FSX work?  Or is that stretching it too far?

 

And if it is possible,  is it just a “copy/paste” to get my current FSX onto the new SSD, or do I need a tool to do that more effectively?

 

I also saw the thread that Howard started:

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/416986-help-with-ssd-installation-pleeeese/

and understand the difference between cloning and imaging…  but don’t know if I need to clone or if just a copy/paste would work (seems too easy, and that usually means it won’t work…)

 

Thanks-  Bruce.

Just a quick followup to my original post- I just copied/pasted my FSX drive data to a new SSD, changed the drive letters in Drive Management so that the new SSD has the same drive letter that my original partition had, and it all works- no cloning s/w required. I did ask a question of Paragon, and the reply included " Should work if FSX only relies on drive letter, and not on partition order number and serial number.". I'm not sure which applications would use the "partition order/serial number" method of identifying drives, but FSX apparently doesn't.

 

Thanks, Bruce.