Installing for disk problem

I got my disks today, putting 2020 on a spare HDD (G)

I created a folder on the G drive called FS2020, put disk 1 in and I selected it install there, it started and finished then got the popup asking for disk 2, put disk 2 in and it asked for the path, I selected the path but it says can't find it.

I installed disk 1 again and same thing disk 2 can't find the folder.

What have I done wrong please?

 

Col.

Edited November 11, 2022 by ColR1948

I'd allow the sim to install into it's default location Col. MSFS is actually a Windows App, not a program, so it installs into some far-flung parts of the registry where no man's hand has ever set foot before.

Fortunately we now know where most of 'em are, so don't worry about not being able to find things once you've installed them.

Ah right ty Tim, I was in the mindset of like the old way of keeptig away rom the C:

 

OK I'll start again.

 

Col.

Just an update: I managed to re-install on a spare HDD, I thought great, all the files are there now not in some obscure location, anyway after it finished the install, got the store screen no icon on the desktop by the way.

Cut it short I spent nearly all day going round in circles, nothing in Xbox or the store accepted any mouse clicks, so still no start up for me at the moment, it wears you down all this.

 

Col.

You should have purchased and installed it from the Microsoft Store. Disks are obsolete now days. Then maybe you wouldn't be in this situation.

Wonder why they are still selling the disk version then?

 

Col.

I have now resorted to contacting Asobo and left it with them, just waiting for their respoce.

 

Col.

Wonder why they are still selling the disk version then?

 

Col.

 

Hard to understand why. Most newer prebuilt pc's don't even have optical drives. High-capacity USB thumb drives and the Internet have, indeed, made CDs and DVDs obsolete tech unless you choose to use old school methods. I still purchase the occasional music CD - rare and odd music - but soon rip it soon as it arrives, back up the rip files, then put away the disk for safekeeping. And no use for software disks in many years, except for my FSX Gold Edition disks, when I redid my sim rig last Christmas.

Unless of course some ppl live in rural areas and/or don't have fast connections so they would plimb for the dvd versions.

 

Col

My understanding from when the sim was first launched is that Microsoft/Asobo weren't going to have a disc version at all, but Aerosoft pushed for it and cut a deal to provide a boxed set. With the sim being so heavily tied to Microsoft's servers, the DVD version isn't really useful unless you want to have a physical box sitting on your shelf. And once you install from the discs, you are still going to have to download updates online, negating any advantage of the initial offline install. So unfortunately, for those with poor internet connections, this isn't the sim for them, and the discs don't really change it.

I purchased mine from the store. Updated two days ago and the sim has been working great. Today I launched the sim and its asking for the disk. What can I do?

Try the steps in the support article below.

 

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015985699-Microsoft-Store-version-Please-insert-the-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-Game-Disc-Error-message