Double J Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 What is the easiest and way to move FSX from HD to SSD....without messing it up? I have an empty SSD and my FSX is the only folder on an HDD. Can I simply cut and paste FSX to the new SSD and change the drive letter on the SSD to the old letter on the HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flybynumbers Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I would just do a total reinstall. What you said BobK, is what I would do in your situation. Since my FSX is already on E:\FSX, I copied the files onto SSD directly and afterwards made the SSD E:. You can't go that route and the safest way is just uninstall all addons first, then FSX, delete all folders manually and fully, and then just install onto SSD. Saves you a LOT of aggrevation in the long run, if some registry entry is not correct. 1000 fps at default settings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double J Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 LOL heck no. Thats a lot of work for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flybynumbers Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Really? This seems like more work to me... http://forum.avsim.net/topic/421783-how-to-move-fsx-to-new-drive/ Not to mention the likelihood of troubleshooting problems in the future. 1000 fps at default settings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrhealth Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Can I simply cut and paste FSX to the new SSD and change the drive letter on the SSD to the old letter on the HDD? Yes that all you need to do. Done it many times. But I would just copy it that way you have a backup copy. I have 3 seperate copies. The origainal clean intsall ( for when files go missing) and a copy of the latest when I added an SSD. Intel 4790k@ 4.6 1.223V Gigabyte GAZ87X-UD3H, Gigabyte GTX 680 2Gig GPU, 8 Gig Cas 11 2100 Mhz ram, Win 7 64 Bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double J Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Can I simply cut and paste FSX to the new SSD and change the drive letter on the SSD to the old letter on the HDD? Yes that all you need to do. Done it many times. But I would just copy it that way you have a backup copy. I have 3 seperate copies. The origainal clean intsall ( for when files go missing) and a copy of the latest when I added an SSD. I keep a current copy as well as the original to search for files. Thanks for your info. there seems to be so many opinions on how to move it but I can't see what problem there is to move one folder to another drive if both drives have nothing else on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrhealth Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 It works fine as long as the path including folders and drive letters dont change. I just copy than once its done, renumber the old dive to a different letter than change the new drive to the old fsx drive letter. As far as windows and FSX is concerned nothing has changed. Intel 4790k@ 4.6 1.223V Gigabyte GAZ87X-UD3H, Gigabyte GTX 680 2Gig GPU, 8 Gig Cas 11 2100 Mhz ram, Win 7 64 Bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cianpars Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 When I did mine, I simply cloned my old hard drive over to the new SSD with Acronis. W7 booted up first time as did FSX and everything else without a single hitch. To be precise, I had a partitioned hard drive with drive C containing Windows, all of my programs and FSX and the E drive containing FS scenery only, so I actually cloned the drive with the partitions intact. I still have my hard drive attached as a backup, but since that was nearly a year ago, I may just delete it and use the drive for something else. IAN Ryzen 5800X3D, Nvidia 3080 - 32 Gig DDR4 RAM, 1TB & 2 TB NVME drives - Windows 11 64 bit MSFS 2020 Premium Deluxe Edition Resolution 2560 x 1440 (32 inch curved monitor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double J Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 I just used the cut n paste method then changed the drive letters to match the original path. No need for additional software or spendings days re-installing..why would anyone want to torture themselves?....lol. Thanks for the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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