Hi, I've been getting this "FS9 Failed to Read from File Error" message quite regularly now. I get a CTD if I press the button to aknowledge the error, and loos all scenery data from that point on if I attempt to continue the flight without pressing on the little error "OK" button that pops up on a little warning window. I have been taking a look at what triggers this (trying to at least), with a nice little program called Filemon, but since I am not an expert on the subject, I am not sure what to look for. A few things I have been able to notice is that sometimes the error comes as FS9 is trying to access the FS9.cfg or Scenery.cfg configuration files, or at least it seems this way. Another file or program that sems to appear everytime, which I have no idea what it is for is a file called Dxdiag.exe and dw15.exe also. I can provide a copy of the filemon file, but will not paste any samples here as it may become pointless due to the sheer volume of data. Can anybody give me an idea of what to look for? I have Pentium 4, 3.00 Gigaherz Sony Vaio. As you can see it is sort of old. I also have a Radeon X800 Graphics card with 256 mb memory. I run Windows XP 32 Home edition. I have never had these problems before and have been appearing relatively recently on all flights from any place of origin or destination. They are not consistent and sometimes appear short into a flight and sometimes late into it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.regards,Macs :)

Hi, I've been getting this "FS9 Failed to Read from File Error" message quite regularly now. I get a CTD if I press the button to aknowledge the error, and loos all scenery data from that point on if I attempt to continue the flight without pressing on the little error "OK" button that pops up on a little warning window. I have been taking a look at what triggers this (trying to at least), with a nice little program called Filemon, but since I am not an expert on the subject, I am not sure what to look for. A few things I have been able to notice is that sometimes the error comes as FS9 is trying to access the FS9.cfg or Scenery.cfg configuration files, or at least it seems this way. Another file or program that sems to appear everytime, which I have no idea what it is for is a file called Dxdiag.exe and dw15.exe also. I can provide a copy of the filemon file, but will not paste any samples here as it may become pointless due to the sheer volume of data. Can anybody give me an idea of what to look for? I have Pentium 4, 3.00 Gigaherz Sony Vaio. As you can see it is sort of old. I also have a Radeon X800 Graphics card with 256 mb memory. I run Windows XP 32 Home edition. I have never had these problems before and have been appearing relatively recently on all flights from any place of origin or destination. They are not consistent and sometimes appear short into a flight and sometimes late into it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.regards,Macs :)

DxDiag generates a file that contains DirectX information for debug purposes. dw15 is dear old Dr. Watson, and generates a system dump file to send to MS. It sounds to me as though you might have a CD or hard drive issue. CD, perhaps, if you are not running a complete installation or loading scenery from the CD drive; and hard drive otherwise. To check the hard drive open a command prompt and run chkdsk c: - if it reports any errors found then run chkdsk c: /R when it prompts you, reply 'Y' it will take a while and you will have to restart to run it, so read a book or something while it does its thing. Chkdsk is a hard disk diagnosis and repair program furnished by MS.DJ