Best way to re-install FS9 after crash

[Shayne 3]

I was hoping to pick the brains of the community that know a lot more about computers then me. My C drive crashed and I have now installed a new 500 gig Seagate Drive and re-installed XP ect. I had backed up the entire FS-9 folder so I have it on two other drives and was wondering what the best way to re-stroe it would be. I understand I will have to re-install my payway stuff but I am trying to avoid doing all my add-onn sceneries. I also have the CFG backed up somewhere but can't find it yet. Any suggestions would be great and thanks in advance.Shayne

[Geddy_2112 8]

Not sure if that would work as some of add-on sceneries have a registry entry.I would assume at least the payware ones do.

[ailchim 214]

Somewhere along the line I started to encounter FS9 crashes - never quite sure why.I backed up all sorts of stuff to an external disk and then reinstalled.To save a lot of effort I restored what I could from the external drive.Thereafter, I could not complete a flight without FS crashing.After several reinstalls using this method, I reinstalled once more, but this time religiously reinstalled my payware from the supplier site. This is a pain in the a$$ beraing in mind I had paid for all the stuff quite properly.I haven't had a CTD since.So be careful, a little time restoring from the original files may save you a lot of trouble later.

[Shayne 3]

Thanks guys it's jsut even hard to remember all the payware I have purchased but I had planned on intalling it fresh my only real concern was the add-onn sceneries but I do still have them all.Shayne