Hi everyone.Does anyone know of a way to recover the Logbook which I clean forgot to save before re-installing FSX all over again? I have tried to do a System Restore in Win7 64-bit Pro,but that only takes me to the point just after I had re-installed FSX and the Logbook is the new install one.Any hints/tips/advice/etc appreciated.

If you deleted it, it would be in the recycle bin - if you just reinstalled FSX right over it - it's gone. I'm assuming you didn't have a backup other than system restore.Vic

If you deleted it, it would be in the recycle bin - if you just reinstalled FSX right over it - it's gone. I'm assuming you didn't have a backup other than system restore.Vic

Thanks for the reply Vic.Unfortunately,I emptied the Recycle Bin to maximise HDD space.I'm hacked off cause I lost several hundred hours of logbook details with a variety of aircraft.On one previous occasion of re-installing FSX,having learned the hard way in FS2004,I did copy and save the Logbook file to the desktop.This time I just renamed it,and clean forgot that FSX wipes clean the folder it places in Documents.If there is a way of recovering it great,if not,I'll live with it.It's not as if my life or living ala real pilots depends on it.

Have you ever saved an image file of your system? Then you can simply restore it.I do it regularly using Acronis.

Thanks for the reply Vic.Unfortunately,I emptied the Recycle Bin to maximise HDD space.I'm hacked off cause I lost several hundred hours of logbook details with a variety of aircraft.On one previous occasion of re-installing FSX,having learned the hard way in FS2004,I did copy and save the Logbook file to the desktop.This time I just renamed it,and clean forgot that FSX wipes clean the folder it places in Documents.If there is a way of recovering it great,if not,I'll live with it.It's not as if my life or living ala real pilots depends on it.

your only chance without a backup would be to try some undelete software. Google it - there are several. *IF* the software finds the logbook file somewhere on the disk you *may* be able to recover it. Other than that, it's gone.Try several different undelete programs JIC.Good luck

your only chance without a backup would be to try some undelete software. Google it - there are several. *IF* the software finds the logbook file somewhere on the disk you *may* be able to recover it. Other than that, it's gone.Try several different undelete programs JIC.Good luck

I did use a Recovery Software,which I regularly utilise to recover data from reformatted drives,etc,which did manage to recover the FSX data,including the folder where FSX keeps the Logbook.bin file,which I had in fact renamed and saved but within that Flight Simulator X folder instead of away from that folder on another partition.Unfortunately,after having recovered that renamed logbook.bin,using another piece of software,it seems that renamed logbook file has been wiped clean.

I'm afraid this won't help you recover your FSX logbook, but I know a bit about howyou feel having been there myself (more than once I'm afraid ~:\ I now use a logbookthat's included with a fine payware "tattletale" (pseudo "black box") package titled FS Flightkeeper. There are many other stand alone freeware and payware options availablefor logging your FSX flights and without a doubt any one of them would be an improvement over the FSX default logbook with regard to stability / reliability,flexibility and features.Hope you find one that you like.Best regards,Ken Boardman