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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

How big is yours?

My Xp Pro FSX install is only around 68 GB at the moment, spread around on various partitions.

I recently installed Win7 x64 in a dual-boot configuration and created a new FSX install on a
Win7 partition.

To minimize overall size I decided to share all my addon scenery between the two installations.
To that end I freed up an entire partition and moved ALL my addon scenery contents to the
root directory of that drive (J:\). So the drive contains the various named folders which
contain the "scenery" and "texture" folders within them plus the default "scenery" and "texture" folders.

In both the Win7 and Xp Pro FSX folders I now have an EMPTY "Addon Scenery" folder.

In "My Computer", "Manage", "Storage", "Disk Management" I right-clicked on
the "J:" drive and selected "Change Drive Letter and Paths..."

I then Clicked "Add", Select "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder"...Browsed to the
empty "Addon Scenery" folder in the Xp FSX directory and clicked "OK".. I then browsed
to the Win7 FSX directory and added that empty "Addon Scenery" folder.

Now, my drive J: is mounted in the "Addon Scenery" folder of both installations.

Anyone that wants to move all their scenery folders to a new, fast drive could use
this approach to remove all those files from the FSX drive.

I also have folders for AI traffic and other SimObjects on other drives, outside of the FSX
directory. These are pointed to in the "Main" section of the FSX.CFG file.

Paul
 
my files are to big to...but i thought ya ment the pc specs,dads new one has duel 4.something htz processorers,deul video cards with 4gb of ram on each,andthey work in tandem soemhow(together to make one pic...i dont get it...like two eyeballs i guess)it has a 1tarrea bit room on a 15000 rpm hd and thats no mistake...15,000.....rpmsit just screams...i put my train sim in cause its easey to install and test /remove....myg.....i tried to steal the pc from him.....
 
I have 230 gig for th fsx directory, and 2.3 terrabyte total on my system ( and running out of space )..
 
Size of FSX's partition on my 120 GB SSD: 67.8 GB

Size of my FSX installation: 42.7 GB



Be a bit more selective about what you download, buy and actually use, people.
 
"Be a bit more selective about what you download, buy and actually use, people."

Yes,so i start every FSX installation.
Now i`m again at 174GB.
Michael
 
Do you have no sceneries+airports installed?
I´m very intereted,how you can have an installation of 60GB max.
Michael
 
big-mike said:
Do you have no sceneries+airports installed?
I´m very intereted,how you can have an installation of 60GB max.
Click to expand...

- Sceneries: 11.5 GB
- AI Aircraft + Flightplans: 11 GB
- Add-On aircraft: 2.8 GB

Might need to clean out the aircraft folder again...half of the 21 add-on planes very rarely get taken up for a spin.
 
Bjoern said:
Be a bit more selective about what you download, buy and actually use, people.
Click to expand...

Yeah, but 1 day I might want it, and it does help to have options, and it looks soooo pretty, and it's a nice area,and it was a bargain, and...and....
Guess Im running out of excuses :jump:
 
Funny my FSX directory on my 'old' machine is 82.0 GB and the FSX directory on my new machine is 80.7 GB. However I always had the idea there was much more on my old machine....

Cheers,
Huub
 
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