installing fs on a different drive...

[dc6tryer]

Hi,

....than 'c'.

I have had to get a new hard drive which I have partitioned and I have left Windows on 'c' , but I'm hoping to put FS9 on (in?) a separate partition.

When the install starts is it sufficient to just change the drive letter, or do I need to create the chain of folders, like my documents, program files etc in the new drive?

I have had a look on the web and found some good advice but I'm still looking for more!

thanks,

Andy.

[jesse]

Andy, when you install fs9, you will have a choice to select CUSTOM. When that comes up you can select the folder letter that you want fs9 to be installed in. The rest is automatic and it will install with the correct address: my root drive is H:\ but I have elected to install fs9 on drive C:\ There are no problems.

Jesse

[dc6tryer]

Hi,
Thank you, Jesse, for that reassuring information

I'm going to be installing FS9 on my laptop, which has a new big hard drive I've partitioned after the original one died, losing everything that wasn't backed up.

I shall now be backing things up every 10 minutes !

We have an outdoor supply company here in England, like for climbing jackets and tents and things like that; the company motto is 'Never stop exploring' and to my mind that motto applies equally to you as well !

Thanks again.

Andy.

[Tom/CalClassic]

Hi,

Just change the letter and leave the rest of the path alone. Do NOT install directly into the root folder (i.e. C:) - never a good idea.

I don't use the default location - mine is installed into C:\FS\FS2004. My second installation is in C:\FS\FS9 Backup

Hope this helps,

[dc6tryer]

Hi there,

Thanks for all this info; I never had extra partitions before (!) so it's an exciting new world to be experimenting with.

I'm assuming Jesse was meaning to just change the letter and leave the rest of the 'default' address as it is.

My thinking is back to front about the folders FS9 needs...I thought until the last couple of days that it needed to find the folders..whereas I think now that it writes it's own folders as it goes along...but, for instance, what happens with the 'flight simulator files' folder which is in 'my documents' on the 'c' drive if I install into a new partition on, say, the 'f' drive.

Am I just being really thick here?! I cannot access my FS discs until I go back to the other computer on Wednesday, so cannot try any of these ideas out until later in the week.

Thanks as always,

Andy.

[Tom/CalClassic]

Hi,

You didn't say anything about having a previous installation on this computer, and wanting to keep the old "documents" files.

As it turns out,they will indeed be kept and should be available to the new installation. The only exception to that might be the fs9.cfg file - I don't know if it's overwritten or not.

Hope this helps,

[dc6tryer]

Hello,

There is no FS9 on the new hard drive. I have made 3 partitions on it and Windows is installed on the 'C' drive as is usual.

Because the hard drive is new there is no 'flight simulator files' on the 'C' drive.....

.....''I thought until the last couple of days that it needed to find the folders..whereas I think now that it writes it's own folders as it goes along...but, for instance, what happens with the 'flight simulator files' folder which is in 'my documents' on the 'C' drive if I install into a new partition on, say, the 'F'drive.''.....

....and I should have written 'was' instead of 'is' in referring to that folder.

My apologies for that.

I've taken up enough of your time with this, so I'll just see how it all goes when I get back to the other computer and I'll post again whether the install on a different drive was a temporary failure or success .

Thanks for all your advice on this,

Andy.

[Tom/CalClassic]

Hi,

FS will create the folders it needs when installing and they are always in the usual places, no matter what drive you install FS into. The only thing you can do is change the folder *names* by using a modified language.dll like my Classic FS or Silver Wings versions.

Tom

[dc6tryer]

Hi there,

It's a case of an old dog trying to learn a few new tricks, and getting tangled up in the lead sometimes .

I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes later in the week !

Andy.

[dc6tryer]

Hi all,

that went without a hitch.....!!
Many thanks for all your advice and suggestions.
Andy.