I have recently upgraded my existing PC with the following MB and Processor:

 

INTEL, Core i7-3770 Quad-Core 3.4 - 3.9GHz TB, HD Graphics 4000, LGA1155, 8MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 77W, EM64T EIST HT VT-d VT-x XD, Retail

 

ASUS, P8Z77-V Deluxe, LGA1155, Intel Z77, DDR3-2800 (O.C.) 32GB /4, PCIe x16 SLI CF /1+1*, SATA 6Gb/s RAID 5 /4, 3Gb/s /4, DP + HDMI, USB 3.0 /8, HDA, GbLAN /2, Wi-Fi + BT, ATX, Retail

 

I am retaining my graphics card, memory and hard drives. As this will require a clean reinstall of W7-64 bit OS my question is this:

I have an acronis backup of my entire FSX files on an external drive and have the prior FSX residing on my other internal drive which I plan to introduce back into the system. I also have an ISO image of the prior "C" drive as well as the drive itself which I planned to keep as a backup until all has been installed,.

 

Can any of this be used to restore FSX? I am prepared for the worst.

 

Thanks

 

Dom

Dom,

 

I did a similar setup with my new system and things went much more smoothly than I expected. I backed up my fsx.cfg file to a safe location then upon re-installing the OS went ahead and re-installed FSX onto the main OS drive. Once that was done I replaced the fsx.cfg file with the original from my previous install and used the flight 1 registry tool to point to FSX on my second dedicated drive. Once that was done I manually deleted the new FSX install.

 

I've had zero problems other than pointing my add-ones like REX, UTX, and GEX to the right places.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Mike

Thanks for the reply, Mike.

 

My plan is format and install a clean boot drive with a clean install of the OS to accept the new chip set. Then I will return my other 3 drives into the system. One of those drives (labelled as F in the old setup) contain all of the FSX files from the previous install as well as the payware items which I call necessities such as Radar Contact v4, UT Europe, MyTraffic, FSCommander, FSTramp and others.

 

The payware Aerosoft, UK2000 and other assorted sceneries will then be completely reinstalled.

 

So will the Acronis backup or the ISO image I made be of any use in all this or am I creating more problems?

 

Dom

Happy to help out! Sounds like your on the right track for sure. You should not need the iso backup but honestly it won't hurt to retain it anyway. I have one I periodically back up to an external drive in case of disaster.

 

If you have questions or need any help don't hesitate to PM me.

 

Mike

A new OS, needs FSX to install some files in your OS. You can save them and copy them over to C:\User\...

 

Dave