I'm getting a new PC tomorrow and currently run FS2020 on a separate SSD.   To avoid another lengthy download,  does anyone know If it would be possible to put the SSD in the new PC and reconfigure and run it?

I would think the best way to do this would be:

(1) “Install” the launcher from the MS store again in a location of your choosing

(2) Open the launcher, and when prompted to choose a file location for the packages, select the Packages folder that you already have with everything downloaded in it

Then the install should hopefully be done without having to download anything

Edited September 2, 20205 yr by FlyingInACessna

The Steam version is a little different. 

First make sure you can read and write to the transplanted SSD --you may have to explicitly take ownership of the directory as it will be registered with a GUID belonging to the old OS and user.

Once you're sure you have read-write capability on the folder in the new SSD, install Steam, then in Steam install MSFS as if for the first time--it'll download about half a GB.  Then run MSFS, and when it prompts you for the install directory, point it at the existing Packages folder on your old SSD.  If the drive letter has changed, you'll probably also have to delete, redesignate, and rebuild your rolling cache file from within the sim.

37 minutes ago, FlyingInACessna said:

I would think the best way to do this would be:

(1) “Install” the launcher from the MS store again in a location of your choosing

(2) Open the launcher, and when prompted to choose a file location for the packages, select the Packages folder that you already have with everything downloaded in it

Then the install should hopefully be done without having to download anything

thanks I'll give it a try.

25 minutes ago, w6kd said:

The Steam version is a little different. 

First make sure you can read and write to the transplanted SSD --you may have to explicitly take ownership of the directory as it will be registered with a GUID belonging to the old OS and user.

Once you're sure you have read-write capability on the folder in the new SSD, install Steam, then in Steam install MSFS as if for the first time--it'll download about half a GB.  Then run MSFS, and when it prompts you for the install directory, point it at the existing Packages folder on your old SSD.  If the drive letter has changed, you'll probably also have to delete, redesignate, and rebuild your rolling cache file from within the sim.

thanks but I dont have the Steam version.

I did exactly this. Installed Windows on new NVME SSD drive copied my old install of my second drive to a named folder on the NVME drive.

Set the game to install from Game Pass store. At the point when it asks you where to put the files I browsed to the folder I had put the copy on the NVME drive. Hit go and the install was done.

Worked perfectly and no download of the install folder just the base 1gig approx download of the installer.

CJ

Thanks, I've chickened out and gone for the full download after reading that the update patch was quite heavy.

2 hours ago, JALJALJAL said:

Thanks, I've chickened out and gone for the full download after reading that the update patch was quite heavy.

 

but it wasnt at all, wonder where you read that nonsense.

it was all done here in a few (2?) minutes.

Patch was flawless and fast. No issues.

3 hours ago, JALJALJAL said:

Thanks, I've chickened out and gone for the full download after reading that the update patch was quite heavy.

The patch wasn’t heavy at all. It was actually very small... 333 MB. Took less than a min to install. Meanwhile reinstalling the sim would take hours...

Plus, it would’ve auto updated with the patch when you clicked install from the MS store. Not sure why you caused yourself the trouble!

Edited September 3, 20205 yr by FlyingInACessna

Well, irrespective of how big or not the update patch was, I downloaded and reinstalled and everything is fine and more importantly, I'm happy.  It even setup the profile I had for my CH controls.