No, you almost always get the option to install a game wherever you like. For IL2:1946 it is recommended to not install it in the default location. IL2:1946 can be moved to a different location and copied as often as you like. On Windows 7, one has to open the DVD with explorer and run the "a.exe" to get it to install.

If you buy games from Steam, you can choose to install Steam on the second drive. Alternatively, when installing Steam on the C-drive, you have a tool that allows you to move games to another drive/location.

OK...game came in the mail today.
My present box has WinXP on it and it's not too fast.
The hard drive is only 40GB's and it's half full.

Should I try to install it over my IL2/AEP/BOE/PF 4.4m version?

Or just install it somewhere else and give it a try?

Or maybe just leave my old system as is, and wait for the new box to arrive......???

Install it separately, fly around a bit, then compare it later to the new box. You can wipe it when it's running on your shiny new system.

Thanks for all the help JAMF....I very much appreciate it.

This is the final build;
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CASE Cooler Master HAF 932 RC-932-KKN5-GP R
PSU CORSAIR HX750 750W RT
CPU INTEL CORE I5 3570K 3.4G 6M R
MEM 8Gx2 GSKILL F3-1600C9D-16GXM R
EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP SLI Support
2 - HDD's 1T ea. ST Seagate 7K 64M
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler
MNTR SMSNG LED 23.6" 2MS HDMI
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
MSSWFF2 stick
Pro Throttle
Pro Pedals

And BTW Murph....it cost a little more than 7-800 bucks....lol.....
But I doubt I'll ever regret it.
Putting it together may be a chore...but a labor of love...

If I have time, I'll try the game out today JAMF.
Thanks again.

Murphy.

Edit; spelling corrections

Well, you did but two optical drives, in a time when some wonder to but one at all.

Oh, you might have another persons alias in mind btw. Mine ends on an F, not D.

I not only got the JAMF wrong....I got the drives wrong.
I'm thinking of a good alias for me right now....and it's not Murphy....
Sorry.

So school me.
I didn't know there was anything BUT optical drives.

Can you give me a link to a good DVD drive at New Egg, if you get time.

DVD Drives

Because I have no idea.....
BTW....the drives were the ONLY thing that I picked out on my own....Speedbump gave me link to a nice one, but it was only 'pick up in store' only, they wouldn't ship it. So I picked out my own....lol....GREAT JOB!
At least I didn't get a CD drive.
See.....I need help JAM'F'. No kidding.

Just a little nervous...I don't spend this kind of money very often....

Is this one you would recommend?..... LiteOn

I can't recommend one, because I haven't kept up to date with development of those. I'll repeat the reply in the other thread to keep it in one place to make it less confusing.

Take your time, wear some examination gloves, make sure you are grounded before handling components, study your MB Book and see where all your connections go (usually the case to MB connections are the hard part) and enjoy! The Lite On DVD Drive will be fine, I use one.

I did it all right, booted it up, and the thing will only run with one core activated.
Got a bad CPU...the OS would only run with one core BSOD with any more cores not disabled, no bent pins, just a bad cpu....just RMAed it, and ordered another one at the same time. This is taking much too long.
Just my luck Yeah...I had my strap on....thing really gets in the way though...

I'll have my 'rockets'....nothing will stop me.....lol....

Gotta say, when it did boot up, until the BSOD...the HD view, was really something

New CPU installed, had 3 bad cores out of four, system works great with the new processor.

Looking for those 'Rockets' now...

And DCS should look really good with this build.
Thanks for the 'nudge' Murph.....
Going to install IL2-1946 on this system now, patch it up, and give it a ride.