BuckarooUK Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Folks, I'm fast running out of space and am considering installing another SSD. Question - has anyone ever been able to move DCS to another drive without uninstalling everything and then re-installing? If so, how do you do it? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lascaris Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I just copied all the files to my new SSD and then modified the shortcut to point to the new installation. Seems to work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJack Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) Can confirm copy to new drive works fine. Edit: You can even change disk if you use partition copy tools. Edited April 27, 2020 by HiJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trespasser Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Good Lord, are joo zerious?!? I just installed an Aourus 1tb for things like DCS and... well that's as far I'm willing to go just now. But I basically had the same question. I'll give that a go. So just copy the program files/dcs folder over and change the shortcut? ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiJack Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) Good Lord, are joo zerious?!? I just installed an Aourus 1tb for things like DCS and... well that's as far I'm willing to go just now. But I basically had the same question. I'll give that a go. So just copy the program files/dcs folder over and change the shortcut? ok Yes for sure. It's not supported by ED I believe but it works perfectly. This way it is easy to create more than one installation on your computer so you can have different version without downloading everything again. But I guess ED like everyone to make regular installs, that is what they program for. :) EDIT: The first installation needs to be a regular installation but you can select a different folder structure there also. Edited April 30, 2020 by HiJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trespasser Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Yes for sure. It's not supported by ED I believe but it works perfectly. This way it is easy to create more than one installation on your computer so you can have different version without downloading everything again. But I guess ED like everyone to make regular installs, that is what they program for. :) EDIT: The first installation needs to be a regular installation but you can select a different folder structure there also. I think you saved me hours of install time bud, thank you!. copied it all over to the new nvme and it seems to work fine.:cheer3nc: 1) what about when I update to the new open betas? I guess it just reads it from the new ssd as that's where I'm starting the proggy from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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