Hi

After reading the soaking money into fsx thread  I noticed one of the posts mentioning making a backup of the fsx install.

I know I should have done this a long time ago but I've never done this with any installed program, so my question is how do I do it ?

especially as I think one day MS will stop me from re validating FSX in the future, by then I may have a new PC and have to do a reinstall  .

Take a look at this thread.....

 

http://forums1.avsim.net/topic/291959-do-you-have-fsx-insurance/

When I refer to making a backup of FSX, for me it's as simple as making a copy of the FSX installation folder after a clean install.  And if you have enough hard drive space, a copy of the FSX folder after each major add-on install (GEX or FTXG, for example).  Maybe a copy after you have all essential payware installed and everything is working good too.

 

I go one extra step and make backups of the few configuration folders that FSX creates in your user directory too.

Thanks Guys for the info will get on it

If you install the FSX image onto a different PC doesn't it still ask for activation? Some years ago I tried to save time and copy the entire FSX install from my 'old' PC to my 'new' one and all the licenced software, FSX, PMDG etc required re-activation.