I am currently running FSX and everything associated with it on my ( C ) Drive. It has 525 GB free of 910 GB. I also have an external backup ( J ) Drive ( WD " My Book " ) 1.30 TB free of 1.36 TB . As you can see , I have a ton of free space on my backup drive. If you were in my shoes , would you (1) leave it the way it is. (2) Download FSX and everything associated with it on the back up drive and use it like that. (3) download FSX and everything associated with it , just to have on stand by, just in case I have to do a full sytem recovery , so I don't have any down time. I have Windows 8.1 and have had problems in the past , just a thought.

It just seems like a waste to have all that free space and not to utilize it. Thanks for any ideas you might have.

Assuming that your MyBook is attached via USB, and not via eSATA, the data throughput would be awful compared to your C:\ Drive with is most likely attached via SATA.

 

Your load times would go through the roof and performance would suffer as well as the system tried to pull all the data is needs from the backup drive to get it ready for use in RAM.

 

If you are looking to use some of the space, you could always make a backup of your FSX folder on the external hard drive, just copy and paste the entire FSX folder to it for safekeeping.

Jetsmell

 

If you can afford it buy a second HD for your PC. Install FSX in your C: drive (outside Program Files (x86) folder) and any addons that strictly require that they be installed in the FSX Directory.

Use your 2nd HD for all remaining and future scenery installations and any other software. Use your external HD as a backup disk for all your software, FSX sceneries and the rest.

Be aware that if your main C:\ begins to exceed 50% capacity it will rapidly slow down as more data is added above that threshold. Your new HD should run at least at 10000rpm.

Just my humble opinion.

If the external is USB 3.0, you can install your third party apps on it (provided it's hooked up to a USB 3.0 port on your PC).

 

I have FS Global 2010, FTX Global, FTX AU, Megascenery, TileProxy, MCE, VoxATC, Opus and GSX on mine and they run fine.

Leave things the way they are.

If the external is USB 3.0, you can install your third party apps on it (provided it's hooked up to a USB 3.0 port on your PC). ....

How does the USB 3.0 speed compare to SATA I ?

 

Thanks, Bruce.

I assume that you have a complete backup image of  C: on that external WD? If that's not the case, do so.

 

Then I would leave everything untouched. If anything, I would, in order of priority:

 

- Get a 120GB internal SSD where I would install the operating system and minor programs.

- Get a 500GB internal SSD where I would istall FSX and its associated programs. Use C: (I mean your current C: HDD) for storage and your WD for backups + less important storage (things you wouldn't mind losing).

Aren't you the same person who did have your fsx installed on the backup My Book drive and you were constantly getting CTD's and I told you that you shouldn't install FSX on a USB drive? If not, I apologize. This has been tried before and the individual suffered unexplained CTD's until he installed his stuff on a HDD.

 

Best regards,

How does the USB 3.0 speed compare to SATA I ?

 

Thanks, Bruce.

 

USB 3.0 is slower than SATA. I wouldn't run any programs or performance applications (such as FSX) from an USB.

Thanks Jaime. I have several SSD's running SATA II, and wondered about configuring my virtual memory on an older HDD on SATA I that I have installed in my system. Then, this thread made me wonder about placing it on a USB 3.0 flash-drive through a USB 3.0 port. Looks like the older SATA I HDD might be the way to go.

 

Thanks, Bruce.

Thanks Jaime. I have several SSD's running SATA II, and wondered about configuring my virtual memory on an older HDD on SATA I that I have installed in my system. Then, this thread made me wonder about placing it on a USB 3.0 flash-drive through a USB 3.0 port. Looks like the older SATA I HDD might be the way to go.

 

Thanks, Bruce.

 

Now that you mention it, I'm not really sure whether USB3 is slower than the old SATA I. It's definitely slower than SATA II and III (that's what I was referring to on my previous post without clarifying).

 

Anyway, if your Mobo isn't limiting you, why don't you get a SATA III and more physical memory? That should solve it all.

How does the USB 3.0 speed compare to SATA I ?

 

Thanks, Bruce.

 

 

That said, I'd only use a USB 3.0 or eSATA external for add-ons and not FSX itself.

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SATA 3gbps = SATA II ( for reference)..

 

Interesting chart too

I have my original retail copy of FSX on the two CD's but now have a notebook without a CD/DVD reader.and would like to reinstall it. I don't want to buy an external CD/DVD reader but do have a desktop with reader and I also have external usb hard drives. My current machine has an SSD.

 

How can I get FSX on my new notebook.