November 19, 20169 yr Hello Is it possible to install and run P3D on an external SSD with addons (aircraft, scenery, textures and utilities)?? At present I run FSX SE and all addons from my C: drive (250Gb SSD I have 95Gb remaining ) I am running out of space but wish to keep FSX SE Clive Alexander
November 19, 20169 yr I don't think this will be a problem as long as the external drive gets the same drive letter assigned each time it is connected. Otherwise the references in the registry will not match. I would also expect it to run quite slow due to the usb interface. AMD 7 7700X, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060ti 16GB, 2 x Samsung 1TB NVMe, 1 x 4TB sata SSD, Windows 11 Prof
November 19, 20169 yr Is it possible to install and run P3D on an external SSD SE Technically possible: Yes Practically possible: Depends It depends on what kind of external connection you use: USB2: too slow USB3: OK ESATA: Best (if 6Gbps version) But why not install the SSD internally next to your existing one? If that is possible, it by far is the best solution. Location: Vleuten, The Netherlands, 17.3dme SPL 108.40 | Simulator: FS2024 System: AMD 7800X3D - Gigabyte X670 - RTX 4090 - 64GB DDR5 - 2 x 2TB SSD - 32" 1440p Display - Windows 11 Pro
November 19, 20169 yr Author Thank you for advice. As i do not have a mounting bay free to accomodate another SSD my other option would be to use an external usb3 SSD,would this give acceptabe performance for P3D and PMDG aircraft? Would it be acceptable to connect an internal SSD using SATA connection and secure the SSD unit to frame of the computer case as i do not have a mounting bracket avaiable?
November 19, 20169 yr Would it be acceptable to connect an internal SSD using SATA connection and secure the SSD unit to frame of the computer case Yes AMD 7 7700X, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060ti 16GB, 2 x Samsung 1TB NVMe, 1 x 4TB sata SSD, Windows 11 Prof
November 19, 20169 yr Why not stay on the same drive and move stuff you don't need to an external drive, such as downloads. My downloads of aircraft, scenery and stuff got moved off C: saving me 130GB of space so far. Dan Downs KCRP
November 19, 20169 yr Author What I intend to do is: Install a second SSD (SATA3 connection) and install and run P3D and PMDG aircraft from this SSD My Specs for running P3D are: [email protected] GTX 950 (2Gb Ram) 16Gb Ram Windows Home Premium 64bit Will this specification and configuration be acceptable to install and run P3D with PMDG aircraft? The Specificaions state that 30Gb is required with at least 10Gb on drive C: Does this mean that if I install P3D on a seperate SSD (not drive C:) it will requre at least 10Gb of space on drive C; whether or not drive C: is thedrive that P3D is intalled on
November 20, 20169 yr The P3D installer needs space on the C: drive to unpack files - hence the 10GB After installation, some files remain in \programdata and \users\xxx\appdata\roaming\lockheed martin, but no more than approx 40MB AMD 7 7700X, 32GB DDR5, RTX 5060ti 16GB, 2 x Samsung 1TB NVMe, 1 x 4TB sata SSD, Windows 11 Prof
November 20, 20169 yr Would it be acceptable to connect an internal SSD using SATA connection and secure the SSD unit to frame of the computer case as i do not have a mounting bracket avaiable? I have 3 x 500GB SSD's in my game PC (mini tower) and haven't bothered to mount them in brackets / frame... They just are lying loose in the disk area of my PC. They are light and since they contain no mechanical parts it is not required to have them installed horizontally/vertically. Location: Vleuten, The Netherlands, 17.3dme SPL 108.40 | Simulator: FS2024 System: AMD 7800X3D - Gigabyte X670 - RTX 4090 - 64GB DDR5 - 2 x 2TB SSD - 32" 1440p Display - Windows 11 Pro
November 20, 20169 yr Author Thankyou for the response and advice. The response and advice is what I had expected but I was aking the questions to confirm my own thoughts and considerations when moving to P3D
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