I just installed my FS2020 to my second SSD (m2) on the D drive. Both the app and the data, as well as my Rolling cache (in sep folder of course). 

Is this fine or was that a bad decision? Should I have installed the app alone on C and the rest on D?

Am I overthinking this? I guess I read a thread about that it was a bad idea (could cause problems with win etc...)

I have put everything MSFS related on an SSD (NVMe) separate to C since the beginning of the year and it appears to be working better than ever before. Just be careful to check at update time, that it automatically points to your D drive (which it does for me) or change it manually if it does not.

I have MSFS2020 spread over 3 m.2's and it works flawlessly!

Edited February 11, 20224 yr by RW1

Cheers for the info! 😃

4 minutes ago, RW1 said:

I have MSFS2020 spread over 3 m.2's and it works flawlessly!

me too, no issues whatsoever... MSFS Addons Linker works well using it this way... MSFS2020 on one SSD, Addons on another SSD, Rolling Cache on another SSD...

3 hours ago, Espana Pete said:

I have put everything MSFS related on an SSD (NVMe) separate to C since the beginning of the year and it appears to be working better than ever before. Just be careful to check at update time, that it automatically points to your D drive (which it does for me) or change it manually if it does not.

Same here and all fine. I guess anything but C makes sense. As per the rolling cache, I never used it but your mileage may vary depending on your available bandwidth 

3 hours ago, DAD said:

Same here and all fine. I guess anything but C makes sense. As per the rolling cache, I never used it but your mileage may vary depending on your available bandwidth 

With no telephone lines or fibre anywhere near my remote neck of the woods I have to reply on Sim Card modems offering 5 –25 Mbps depending on the time of day so a rolling cache comes in handy (or so I am led to believe) and enabling photo whatever it is, is out of the question.

6 hours ago, Gadget FPV said:

me too, no issues whatsoever... MSFS Addons Linker works well using it this way... MSFS2020 on one SSD, Addons on another SSD, Rolling Cache on another SSD...

+1

2 hours ago, Espana Pete said:

With no telephone lines or fibre anywhere near my remote neck of the woods I have to reply on Sim Card modems offering 5 –25 Mbps depending on the time of day so a rolling cache comes in handy (or so I am led to believe) and enabling photo whatever it is, is out of the question.

I saw where Elon Musk's fleet lost 40 satellites due to a geomagnetic storm earlier this week I think it was. Not promising regarding his wonderful new rural broadband scheme.

This thread reminds me...I realized the other day that I had MSFS installed on an SSD, rather than my M.2 drives.  I wonder if it would make much difference if I moved it to an M.2?

16 minutes ago, Mace said:

This thread reminds me...I realized the other day that I had MSFS installed on an SSD, rather than my M.2 drives.  I wonder if it would make much difference if I moved it to an M.2?

Um yes it will. M.2's have far more speed transfer.

I have the sim launcher files on a M.2 Windows C drive and the rest of the package files on a 1TB M.2 E drive with absolutely no issues so far.

Edited February 11, 20224 yr by CarlosF

I have had the FS2020 install on my SSD since day one release. I also have my caches on SSD's none being my SSD C drive.

And I have never had any big problems other than 3rd party stuff. Smooth flying for years now even with all the updates.

There still are some files on my C drive that have to do with FS2020, like the Xbox app. But not the basic install and Com folders.

2 hours ago, RW1 said:

Um yes it will. 

Well when I rebuild, maybe a year from now, I will keep that in mind.

My current MSFS install was kind of an afterthought.  I could have installed it on one of my M.2's but I was concerned about getting low on space with add-ons.  So I bought a big regular SSD for MSFS.  My motherboard can only handle two (2) M.2 drives.

8 hours ago, Mace said:

My motherboard can only handle two (2) M.2 drives.

If you have spare PCIe slots, you can buy a card that will accept up to 4 more M.2 drives. The Mobo's chipset will determine if they run at the maximum speed your directly-mounted drives run at.