FSX Reg Utility/External HDD question

[jjaycee1 0]

I currently run FSX and all 200Gig of associated add-ons on a 1TB external USB HDD and all works great. I run FSX on the external HDD because I was tired of having to do constant reinstalls of FSX and all the addons when I was having PC problems that normally were resolved best by re-installing Vista. The idea being that if my PC becomes a problem again my FSX set up would not be effected in any way.I only have Windows Vista, Internet and a couple of utility programmes on C drive. My question is, if I want to reinstall my OS or change to Windows 7 in October, will just running the FSX Reg Utility (Flight1) after new OS installation, allow me to immediately use FSX and will all my addons still be linked to FSX?

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,FSX yes. Add ons, maybe, depending on if they make their own registry entries.

[jjaycee1 0]

Hi,FSX yes. Add ons, maybe, depending on if they make their own registry entries.

Many thanks Jim...noted and understood. Is there a way of me looking if any addon does make a Registry entry?

[JSkorna 137]

Hi,You would need to search the registry for each one in question.

[jackcnd 0]

The utility works fine, but I found I have to also modify a some .cfg files that are not under the main FSX dir to allow some addons to work and scenery to be found.Has anyone ever made a list of those files and locations as they differ from XP to newer OSes and also are often duplicated on the PC?

[yellowjack 28]

I currently run FSX and all 200Gig of associated add-ons on a 1TB external USB HDD and all works great. I run FSX on the external HDD because I was tired of having to do constant reinstalls of FSX and all the addons when I was having PC problems that normally were resolved best by re-installing Vista. The idea being that if my PC becomes a problem again my FSX set up would not be effected in any way.I only have Windows Vista, Internet and a couple of utility programmes on C drive. My question is, if I want to reinstall my OS or change to Windows 7 in October, will just running the FSX Reg Utility (Flight1) after new OS installation, allow me to immediately use FSX and will all my addons still be linked to FSX?

I have an external USB drive that I used for partition backups, it was very slow. Whether your USB drive will affect FSX performance I don't know but as texture loading is an issue with FSX then it may be a performace detracter. I recently bought a new External Sata II hard drive to replace the USB one and my backup speeds are the same as get by backing up onto a permanently installed SataII drive. Something for you to ponder. :(