June 11, 20232 yr Today I just reported a weird bug on ASXP12 to HiFi with logs, and they suggest me that I shouldn't put my XP and ASXP in B:\ I have been use B: as my main sim disk for more than 5 years, before that I have a computer build for years and the HDD have range from c to IDK R or T? I kept all my HDD with new build back then, but added 2 SSD, one for main system and one for game, To make the letter simple, I name them A: and B:, the main system ofc loaded as C:, but as I don't like win10 I installed back then, It's been on a "Backup" one in A:\ drive, and the other SSD have spited to B:\ for mainly sim but also some game that I want faster load speed, and C:\ for win7. And that kept for 5 years, before I changed my PC on march this year. while I have a all new system, to keep things simple and familiar, I kept the B:\ for the SSD I ran most sims on, including XP11,XP12, P3Dv5 and MSFS occasionally, along with some add-ons that I can choose where to install like ActivsSky, FSL, AIVA, AirManager etc.... For 5 years my sim mostly running fine, not without issue but just as anyone else would have, and most of the issues can be resolved thus not related, Do I have any problem that I haven't resolved? maybe, but non of them are critical enough to let me even remember, I haven't have any issue let me doubt maybe it's the A: or B: drive letter cause the problem ever before. Search online on this topic I could only find the issue about windows won't index A: and B:, and also there are some software that won't list A: or B: for you to select, I had encountered some, but simply input it via keyboard they works fine with them too. So, it there any hidden problem that could be caused by B:/ (or A:/, although I don't have it now, I was running some game on it back to my old system), as HiFi have suggested?
June 11, 20232 yr Well, the reason the OS is most commonly installed on the "C:" drive is that the A: and B: drive designations were reserved for floppy disks in the early PC days. I'd like to think that system libraries have long-abandoned those distinctions, but it would not surprise me that there might still be some old code out there embedded in libraries that were built in layers starting from who-knows-when. So call it superstition or just old-fashioned tradition, I still won't name a disk A: or B: Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
June 11, 20232 yr Agreed. Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
June 11, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, Bob Scott said: So call it superstition or just old-fashioned tradition, I still won't name a disk A: or B: I agree too, for the same two reasons and with D to Z available, it seems that it really isn't necessary to use A or B at all. If they are even suspected of being the cause of a problem, the solution seems obvious. Edited June 11, 20232 yr by Reader
June 12, 20232 yr Author 10 hours ago, Reader said: If they are even suspected of being the cause of a problem, the solution seems obvious. For XP, it would be easy. But just think about what the hill I'll need to migrate P3D and it's add-on.... while all of them are just working fine on B: .. Theoretically I can split it into 2 volume and only move XP then... but that's still hell lot of work for IMO not the decisive enough reason....
June 12, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, C2615 said: For XP, it would be easy. But just think about what the hill I'll need to migrate P3D and it's add-on.... while all of them are just working fine on B: .. Theoretically I can split it into 2 volume and only move XP then... but that's still hell lot of work for IMO not the decisive enough reason.... Out of curiosity, how long have you been messing with PC's? Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
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