drake4896 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Tip for maybe newbies as I am to FS2004. I am still running FS2004 on an XP windows PC with only an 80 gig HD. I have added the freeware MyTraffic2006 and I have been adding the Freeware mesh 76m from here: http://simviation.com/1/fs2004terrainmesh But I am also updating some locations using more detailed FSX (38m & 19m) mesh when I locate it as well. Along with the addon EZ Scenery Library (480MB): https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?searchid=32672237 I found I was running out of space on the HD. I found that I could use a USB thumb drive to move a lot of these items to the thumb drive and free up my PC’s HD space. It was easy to redirect all the Mesh on the USB stick, as well as my other add on scenery such as the EZ Scenery Library. The MyTraffic2006 has a large folder called MyTrafficAircraftInstaller (300+MB) that is only needed if you want to change the Year to an earlier time period. You can store the file to the USB there and bring it back if you ever need it. So far I have freed up over 9 gig of space on my HD. Is there a way to move the Aircraft to a USB thumb drive? Regards Drake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris34 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Drake, I don't believe so. The Aircraft folder is hard coded to only be accessed from the main FS9 location. You could try temporarily moving aircraft that you do not wish to use to the thumb drive and put them back when you want/need them, moving others over to the thumb drive as necessary. Chris [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drake4896 Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 Thanks Chris, I thought that might be the case. I'll move them in and out as I need them. Regards Drake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwillmot Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Better yet: Right-Click on the folder/folders you have your FS2004/Add-ons in Click on "Properties" Click on "Advanced" Check "Compress Contents to Save Space" Click "OK" Click "Apply" Choose "Apply Changes to This Folder, Sub folders, and files Click "OK" Compressing files using the WinXP compression algorithm will allow you to save disk space yet have NO impact on FS2004 performance. I have done that for years with no ill effects. It was a more common practice in the age of small hard drives, but I still do it to this day. gwillmot [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avechelice Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hello, NO impact on FS2004 performance. I have done that for years with no ill effects Yes .. I confirm ! Regards.http://smilies.sofrayt.com/%5E/a/bye.gif If you gave a couple of monkeys a box of ballpoints, enough paper, and enough time, they'd eventually finish up writing the complete works of Shakespeare :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zswobbie1 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Maybe move your scenery to the USB & just dedirect the scenery library to find it? or even fit a small cheap drive for scenery? That, I'm sure, will save space. Robin Cape Town, South Africa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColR1948 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I am running FS9 from an external hard drive, so everything related to it is on there except for some shortcut icons on my desk top, it runs fine by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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