I just ordered a new computer having Windows 7 as the OS. My current (old) computer has XP. Is there a way to copy all the data in my FSX folder from the old drive (including scenery add-ons, etc.) to the new drive? Or, will I have to manually install FSX to the new Hdd using my original DVDs?Thanks.

I would highly recommend that you do a clean install of FSX and all of your addons no matter what anyone else may tell you.

I just ordered a new computer having Windows 7 as the OS. My current (old) computer has XP. Is there a way to copy all the data in my FSX folder from the old drive (including scenery add-ons, etc.) to the new drive? Or, will I have to manually install FSX to the new Hdd using my original DVDs?Thanks.

In this particular case, a reinstall is recommended. XP -> W7, yes. If some other scenario, you could migrate. This one, you have registry connections etc, which do matter.

I recently did this.Installed W7 64 bit on my new machine.Installed FSX from the disksInstalled SP1 and SP2Overwrote the entire FSX folder from my extnal backup of my old machine.Wrote my fsx cfg changes manually into the new fsx cfg created.It worked fine.I have used this process on previous versions of flightsim and computers too with no problems.IAN

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I've decided to take the safe route and reinstall FSX when I get the new system. I've already copied all my important add-on scenery to DVDs (including lots of photorealistic scenery I obtained from Megascenery Earth for which I downloaded and don't have the disks) and other "can't do without" add-ons like Real Sky, Traffic X, Ultimate Alaska and, of course FSX SP1 and SP2. I'm looking forward to the new system. My current computer is a circa 2006 model containing a Core-2 Duo E6600 (dual-core), 2GB of DDR-2 RAM and an Nvidia 7900 GS video card. The new system has an Intel Core I5 750 (quad-core), 4GB of DDR-3 RAM and the video card is an Nvidia Geforce GTS 250. Not a top-of-the-line video card by today's standards but a lot more powerful than the 7900GS, based on the comparable specs.Bob

Best to byte the bullet and re-install everything.