Having FS on another hard drive; How?

**Lionheart** · December 25th, 2008, 12:01

Hey guys,

Could anyone direct me to a tutorial on how I would install FS into a seperate hard drive?

I have Windows XP and the drive will be external.

What would be awesome is if I could run it from the older HD that everything is still in, but I have no idea how to get it all to run in the main drive. I believe I have to have all the Registries, etc. Can they be simply transferred to the new drive? (The older drive 'exterior' is vista, so it may have different registry types...)

Bill

harleyman · December 25th, 2008, 12:06

Bill...That is easy...

On the drive you want FS on open that drive and place a folder there called FS9 or FSX your sim / game

Then install the Sim.but be care ful,on the install screen there is an option *MORE* (I think Its called that)

Select that and there you browse your install to the Harddrive and folder you placed there

Done...That easy...For the rest of the installs amd addons most will find it on that drive,Some will not so you just need to be carefull as to its browser selected..........Rebrowse it if it seems to be lost

Merry Christmas

harleyman · December 25th, 2008, 12:10

Oh...Just saw about the Vista ...You will need to reinstall all your FS9 stuff as you could backup the regestry and put it on your new rig..But I do not think XP regestry and Vista will work together....

**Lionheart** · December 25th, 2008, 12:19

Thanks Mason.

I'll try that with the install. From there, I can simply copy/paste/migrate all the files to the HD from the old HD via the new 'main' HD... (musical hard drives, lol... )

Oh what extents we go to for the love of flying....... Even 'virtual' flying....

Bill

harleyman · December 25th, 2008, 12:51

Hey Bill...You might want to move all your files first and get the External all clean except for your FS9 stuff...Then go ahead and reformat the drive to really have it clean for your new FS9 install...Just removing deleting files still leaves traces and clutter behind....It won't hurt,but a format is better...

**Butcherbird17** · December 25th, 2008, 13:30

Is the drive that fs9 is installed on an IDE or Sata? If its a IDE drive just change the jumper on it to Slave and plug it in, if its an older Sata drive it may have jumpers (newer sata drives do NOT have jumpers) if not you can just plug and go. Then once XP installs the drivers for it, just browse to your fs9 install and then create a new desktop shortcut. To get the registry entry back just get the FS9 registry tool (at most of the big sites). My install of fs9 is about 3 years old and has been moved a number of times to newer and older drives in between and still works great.

Joe

**NCGent** · December 25th, 2008, 18:12

Bill

If the drive that FS is on in your old rig is still good just take it out and buy an external drive enclosure and install the drive in that. I did that on a drive that had my COD folders on it and it's still kickin. The one I have is a RocketFish brand enclosure, comes with all you need to get it working.

Chris

**Lionheart** · December 25th, 2008, 23:20

Originally Posted by NCGent

Bill

If the drive that FS is on in your old rig is still good just take it out and buy an external drive enclosure and install the drive in that. I did that on a drive that had my COD folders on it and it's still kickin. The one I have is a RocketFish brand enclosure, comes with all you need to get it working.

Chris

Thanks Chris,

I have a few HD's, six to be precise, lol.. I am presently trying to locate a tower that can hold them (externally). If not, I will have docs. They have cool 'quick docks' now that you just plug a HD into and rock and roll. Pretty nice, and open, so they dont heat up as quick.

Bill