November 13, 20187 yr No optical drive here either. Used my external Blue Ray drive a few times when initially installing stuff after I built and that's it. Not once since. Edited November 13, 20187 yr by martin-w
November 13, 20187 yr 44 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: My two choices of case both had no DVD option. Seems to be a dwinding choice. I have another PC with one and have shared it on my network. The only software I have on DVD is FS Global on 8 DVDs. Once that is installed I have no real need for DVD. An external DVD drive remains an option and with two USB3 sockets on the front of the case it's easy to connect. 8 DVD's worth will take a long time over network. What I do, anything that is on dvd, I use cd writing software to create an ISO of the disc, then copy to a USB External Hard Disk. Install Daemon Tools lite on your PC and it will open the ISO as a virtual drive, installs in no time P3D v4.5 MSFS2020 Hisense 50" 4K TV Ryzen 9600x 64gb DDR5 6000mhz, Asrock B650m HDV/M.2 Gigabyte 16gb 9070XT, Thermalright Aqua Elite 240mm 2TB NVMe Boot/FS2020 Drive, 2TB NVMe P3D Drive. Saitek Yoke, Pedals, Radio Panel, Switch Panel, 2 x FiPs
November 13, 20187 yr Moderator 4 minutes ago, Charlatan said: 8 DVD's worth will take a long time over network. What I do, anything that is on dvd, I use cd writing software to create an ISO of the disc, then copy to a USB External Hard Disk. Install Daemon Tools lite on your PC and it will open the ISO as a virtual drive, installs in no time You are prompted to insert the next disk when installing FS Global. Will your suggested plan still work? Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
November 13, 20187 yr Having had a USB HDD and then a WD Green 1Tb SATA HDD lose years worth of data that will cost me the best part of £800 tom recover, hence I opt for the safe DVD/R save option now. Rick Almeida
November 13, 20187 yr 37 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: You are prompted to insert the next disk when installing FS Global. Will your suggested plan still work? Yes Ray, Daemon installs a virtual cd/dvd drive, so it's just a case of mounting the next iso. I've been installing FSX this way for years, which asks for DVD2 halfway thru. Edited November 13, 20187 yr by Charlatan P3D v4.5 MSFS2020 Hisense 50" 4K TV Ryzen 9600x 64gb DDR5 6000mhz, Asrock B650m HDV/M.2 Gigabyte 16gb 9070XT, Thermalright Aqua Elite 240mm 2TB NVMe Boot/FS2020 Drive, 2TB NVMe P3D Drive. Saitek Yoke, Pedals, Radio Panel, Switch Panel, 2 x FiPs
November 13, 20187 yr Moderator Thanks Charlatan, I shall investigate. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
November 14, 20187 yr Author 16 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Thanks Charlatan, I shall investigate. Me too, Thanks for that Charlatan Windows 10 (x64) - X-Plane 11 - M/B: Asus ROG Maximus IX Hero - CPU: i7 7700k (@5.0GHz) - RAM: 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200MHz - Video: GTX1080ti - Cooling: Custom water loop (EK 140 Revo D5 pump/res combo, EK EVO CPU block, EK XE360 Rad)
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