Getting ED onto a new HDD

[slimwadey]

Hi all
I have to upgrade my motherboard and re install Windows, i have two Drives one empty and the one i use as C: I want to move everything to the spare drive and then wipe the other, install a fresh windows and then move it all back again. the spare drive is very old and slow and not as reliable as i'd like so dont want to use it

How do i move ED ? Which folders ? there are lots of different folder all over the PC, i dont want to download the whole thing again as my connection is pretty crappy
I need to do this as my old mobo is an HP item and i need to install a new copy of W7 as the old one is locked to the Mobo apparently

Any help please, this is my only pc and when i switch off i will have no net access except smart phone

Thanks in Advance

 

[Zelos1983]

There's a Frontier folder in your program files (x86) directory. Move it to your new destination, then make a symlink with mklink /d, done!

 

[Avago Earo]

If you're worried about losing your progress then don't as it's stored online with Frontier and not on your PC. If you want to keep your control bindings, see the link below. That way you can copy that after you've fresh installed the game.

http://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/2ba0e4/way_to_save_control_layout/

 

[slimwadey]

There's a Frontier folder in your program files (x86) directory. Move it to your new destination, then make a symlink with mklink /d, done!

I need a Babelfish to understand the last part of that 'then make a fkjsds ghfdkj h'hkglfk;'hk hj j ....... '

Let me Google and get back to you...

Avago , not too worried about bindings , its pretty close on the X55 map. thanks tho

 

[el_tel]

After you've moved the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier
to (say) D:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier

open cmd as administrator, then type:

mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier" "D:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier"

This creates a symbolic link, which is a 'pretend' folder that silently redirects from the C drive location to the D drive location. the /d instructs the command to create the link as a folder (as opposed to a file).

I've used symbolic links to fool 32-bit Java programs on a 64-bit OS to use the 32-bit Java executables (java.exe, javaw.exe and javaws.exe) On a 64-bit OS, these would be installed in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\, but some Java programs have hard-coded references to C:\Windows\System32\ (which on a 64-bit OS is the 64-bit location).