I have 30 GB left on my 256 SSD dedicated to MSFS Premium De Luxe. The installer tells me there isn’t space enough for SU6 with it’s 85.72 GB. Seems logic. Does this mean I have to uninstall, buy a new bigger SSD and reinstall?
Would be allot easier to install a new larger drive, once it’s formatted and has a drive letter, copy over everything from the original drive.
Uninstall original drive, change drive letter of the new drive to match the old and you’re good to go.
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Clear temp files , windows update recovery points and all unnecessary stuff. Google it, could easy free 20GB
I don’t believe he has his OS on the same drive (which is where the temp and windows updates would go).
Sounds like a dedicated drive that only has MSFS on it.
I get nervous when you suggest install a new SSD, copy, remove the old SSD and change the new SSD:s drive letter to the old one’s (or perhaps just change driveletters?) . Can I really
trick MS that way?
Not sure about other makes, but for Crucial disks there is a free to download Acronis True image software that will allow you to clone old disk to new disk and then physically swap them out. SSD to SSD shouldn’t take too long and it’s GUI based/very simple and should be much quicker than a re-install of the game.
All that is on the drive is MSFS? (meaning it’s not used for the OS correct?)
Then yes, you’re not “tricking” anything. You’re putting it back in the exact same location just on a new piece of hardware. Long as you do a straight copy and keep the drive letter the same, it’s all the same to Windows.
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Right. I have the OS on another drive (C) which has the whole MSFS as virtutal directories.
Then it’s “that easy” 
Install the new drive, copy it over, change the drive letters and you’re good to go.
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Thanks! I will try that. In case of something, reinstalling is the last resort I guess. BUT perhaps a reinstall would be smaller in total than MSFS + SU5 + SU6? The 85 GB’s are replacing a lot of old stuff that will be overwritten or replaced, no?
If something goes wrong (which would only be in the copy) then you still have the data, intact, on the original drive and you can just try again
BUT perhaps a reinstall would be smaller in total than MSFS + SU5 + SU6? The 85 GB’s are replacing a lot of old stuff that will be overwritten or replaced, no?
Someone else could chime in but I don’t believe that’s how MSFS updates work, it would replace what it could from the previous.
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Copying MSFS to a new SSD stopped at the moment when the digital ownership was to be transferred. Needs SYSTEM authority which I don’t seem to have as an administrator. Any idea about how to manage that transfer?
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