FalcoGer Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) I have a 250GB M.2 SSD, completely for DCS world. Not all of that data is useful to have on the SSD. With today's update I finally ran out of space. Technically I had just enough space for the update, but downloading and unpacking happens on the SSD as well and that pushed it over the limit by a few kB. To solve this I used the directory junction feature of the NTFS file system, which allows to create a softlink. Basically whenever windows accesses the soft link it thinks it is a normal directory, but in reality it is on a completely different drive. To create a soft link, find a suitable drive to put the real directory on Open cmd.exe (powershell doesn't work for some reason) Run REM Foxes are great. You should love them. mkdir C:\path\to\somewhere\with\lots\of\space\dcs_temp_downloads mklink /J D:\path\to\DCS\_downloads C:\path\to\somewhere\with\lots\of\space\dcs_temp_downloads Repeat for Doc or any other directory that doesn't require fast loading and is big. If there are spaces in your paths, put the path into quote marks. This effectively allows you to split your DCS install over mutliple hard drives. Edited April 28, 2022 by FalcoGer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseSeal Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 I'll have to try this next time. I ended up uninstalling the Marianas and half a dozen modules when the AH-64 came out because I couldn't update (despite having something like 80gb free!). So frustrating. - i7-7700k - 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz - GTX 1080 8GB - Installed on SSD - TM Warthog DCS Modules - A-10C; M-2000C; AV8B; F/A-18C; Ka-50; FC-3; UH-1H; F-5E; Mi-8; F-14; Persian Gulf; NTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadok Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) I have the same space problem on my harddrive. But to have the mklink fonction working I had to: - remove the "_downloads" folder from "E:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\_downloads" - create a "_downloads" folder on a harddrive where i have space (F). - open cmd.exe in admin mod. -and then: mklink /J "E:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\_downloads" F:\_downloads note: I use windows 10 Edited April 28, 2022 by Shadok 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Error. What to do? 2 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalcoGer Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 3 hours ago, draconus said: Error. What to do? Tough luck. You didn't love them enough. You will have a horrible life and deserve every second of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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