Having both on the same drive..... any reason not to put both on a 2tb M.2?

Looking to build a new system with 9900K & 2080TI.

Need a quick response if possible. Many thanks for any help.

Dave

Not a problem with them both on a large SSD. 

I keep my OS on a separate SSD because it makes Win 10 backups go much faster--I do them often because of the number of times I've been burned by updates appearing out of nowhere and breaking things.

Have fun with your new build!

Regards

Nothing to stop you but since W98 I have always put windows on my C Drive labelled windows and my sims on another partition or drive, that way if windows falls over and needs reinstall I only reformate my C drive, my sim and addons are safe and gives me time  sort it out and backup what I need.

4 hours ago, rjfry said:

Nothing to stop you but since W98 I have always put windows on my C Drive labelled windows and my sims on another partition or drive, that way if windows falls over and needs reinstall I only reformate my C drive, my sim and addons are safe and gives me time  sort it out and backup what I need.

As you know there are software that puts on drive C serial numbers and other information and when you re-format drive C those particular software (Ex P3D, PMDG, FSLABS etc) will get deactivated being unable to find all the necessary codes.

I would read more about it to prevent an unexpected bad surprise.

6 hours ago, killthespam said:

As you know there are software that puts on drive C serial numbers and other information and when you re-format drive C those particular software (Ex P3D, PMDG, FSLABS etc) will get deactivated being unable to find all the necessary codes.

I would read more about it to prevent an unexpected bad surprise.

I know this but you can recover and reactivate your software, I reformatted my C Drive several times when running windows XP without loosing my flight sim software I ran FS2002 FS2400 and FSX on there own separate partition, reformatting my C cleaned out windows bloatware that starts slowing down your PC. All programmes put something on your C drive to link to the registry that how the space on your C drive starts to shrink even if you only have windows installed there , and Windows 10 now reserves 7GB of free space on your windows drive  that user cannot access.    

There are free recovery software that you can copy or image drive C (in your case) when is running perfect and the process takes only a few minutes versus a full installation.

Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not telling you what to do. I'm just sharing with you how I lost unnecessary time re-installing the OS instead using a recovery option. 

Yes and am stating why I do it my way it all comes down to how the user want`s to setup there PC, bear mind you will not be installing a new OS later so W10 will be running as long as you have the PC, and as I stated with XP I ran for near 10 years reformatting my C drive was a spring clean and breathed new life into home build flight PC, I reinstalled XP at least every two years.

And I only use P3D I may do the same when P3Dv5 is released as I will be doing a full P3D install on my D drive.

Edited March 27, 20197 yr by rjfry

I decided to go with a 500 gig m.2 for the O/S and a second 2TB M.2 for use with flight P3d.

Thanks very much for all replies.

Dave

Setting your sim PC up the way you want is the best way just to add I have never since windows 95 had to reinstall windows due to a crash, but I plan for the worst when I setup my flight sim PCs.