How big is 1.29.28.0? I have 36GB free on my disk (granted, not much), but I cannot pass the installation screen as it says, “Not Enough Disk Space”. What!? No option to uninstall any of the other options (e.g. Locations, aircraft, etc.). However 36G should be sufficient. Any ideas what is happening? And, the install did not go through XBOX yesterday like usual but I distinctly saw that the update wanted to install 1.5G (more typical). Appears something drastic happened. Here is the screen I halt on.
The same exact problem happened to me when trying to download the su11 update, except I have 44GB of free space on my C drive (where my msfs is installed) yet it’s telling me I do not have enough space. Can anyone please help, thank you.
I can only recommend to have allways at least 100GIG free disc space… As mentioned, you would wonder how much space your can get if you cleanup windows ( udaptes, save-points, temp files ).
The installer must store files, extract them, install, remove them… All that need space, beside of what the OS itself want.
I started updating my MSFS SU11 DeLuxe Premium yesterday with constant halts and restarts. Eventually I got to the start screen (the install working through the night). Managed eventually to start a flight. But going to the content manager other installs belonging to the 40th anniversy begin immediately. So I cancel. Then try to update my Canada WU11 (?). That results in the same behaviour as when updating the sim: Constant restarts. I managed to get trough them by disconnecting WAN and reconnecting. Then the update jumped a couple of steps and finally the update was complete. But when shutting down the sim and then start it demands a mandatory update of the sim. This has happened three times now. Is there any solution for this without reinstalling the whole shabang?
You could right click on your C-drive, or wherever you have your FS installed and select disk clean up. There will appear another button. I can’t remember what it says exactly but it suggests an advanced clean up. Choose that one. The amount of old and temp files windows holds onto is high. Windows update installation files, also found here, can be very large.
There’s a thread containing advice on deleting fs_base numbered folders that apparently do nothing and save you 40gb, I’m away from my PC now but I have done it with no issues.
I have run the disk cleanup routines. The problem I believe can be mitigated by Microsoft’s FS Team: This is one of the fattest applications/games that consumes one of the largest amounts of disc space than a majority of games, yet…
MSFS does not calculate TOTAL disk space needs as a first step and refuse to install the update till it is available.
MSFS SHOULD TOLERATE DELAYS IN UPDATING! This is unacceptable to partially install, then tell me I have insufficient disk space and effectively preventing me from continuing to play until I can resolve the matter.
REALLY? 40G of the update is really “mandatory”? Mandatory should be operational issues, bugs, etc. ---- Not a slew of new planes and other “40th Anniversary” items.
I would expect a Mandatory Update that has insufficient disc space to permit first an uninstall of one or more of the optional items I’ve installed over time – E.G. Canada update and others.
This is the only program I own (game or otherwise), that forces all updates before continuing. Even Windows 10 allows me to defer updates until I’m ready or able to update.
