May 13, 201412 yr Hey Guys I've recently changed hardware and am about to embark on the absolute mammoth task of a total clean reinstall of FSX, and countless add-on aircraft, sceneries, utilities, etc. etc. To get into good habits, I want to do a backup of the FSX installation in a totally "clean" state, and then take an image of the FSX environment before installing each new add-on in the future, so that I always have a restore point to the last known good setup of FSX. Are there any freeware disck backup/recovery tools that will allow me to do this? Ideally I want to keep things as simple as possible. I just want is a program that will allow me (before each time I install a new add on) to create a restore point of the FSX directory so that if I find major issues following the installation, I can simply roll back to how it was beforehand, without any uninstalling or messing around with the FSX directory. Just open application and "roll back". I don't mind paying for a payware software to do this if there is no good free utility that will do the same thing. Over to you! Many thanks guys.
May 13, 201412 yr Hi MDF86, I use Acronis Backup & Recovery (payware) and it has been a godsend. I wanted a backup system, exactly what you described, just in case I installed something and it messed up my FSX install and I would be able to restore to a point where everything worked. The app allows for full or incremental backups, I always make full backups after installing an addon after testing in FSX for a few days. Be prepared to have a large hard drive for this and it would be a good idea to make backup of the backup. Good luck Francisco Blas Windows 11 Pro | X-Plane 12 | ASUS Hero Z790 | Intel i9-13900K | G.SKILL 64GB DDR5 | ASUS STRIX 4090 | WD 4TB SN850X NVMe | ASUS Ryujin II AIO 360mm | Corsair AX1600i | Lian Li 011D EVO | DELL Alienware 38 G-SYNC
May 14, 201412 yr I just did this.... Orbx stuff is a pita .... Otherwise my order is: Win7 updates FSX and updates Cfg tweaks Addon scenery Addon airplanes Polishing up tweaking making sure everything is running well | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
May 14, 201412 yr Can you Acronis to copy the entire contents of my SSD FSX, Windows 7, addons, scenery etc (SSD is getting full) to another hard drive, then install a bigger SSD and copy everything back to the new SSD? Paul Gugliotta
May 14, 201412 yr Author Thanks all, more than happy to pay for Acronis if it's as good as you say! I just did this....Orbx stuff is a pita .... Otherwise my order is:Win7 updatesFSX and updatesCfg tweaksAddon sceneryAddon airplanesPolishing up tweaking making sure everything is running well What's the problem with Orbx stuff? I use a lot of their stuff so would need this to be covered by the backup process also.
May 14, 201412 yr Can you Acronis to copy the entire contents of my SSD FSX, Windows 7, addons, scenery etc (SSD is getting full) to another hard drive, then install a bigger SSD and copy everything back to the new SSD? As far as I know you can that's the point on having it for, someone else will chime in if iam proven wrong I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
May 14, 201412 yr Author I have FSX on one SSD, Windows on another SSD but with my Windows user files moved onto a third mechanical hard drive. Will Acronis be able to handle this less than regular setup in order for me to get FSX back to a previous condition? Because it means that when I install add ons there will be changes both on the FSX SSD and the AppData which will be on a different drive..:
May 14, 201412 yr acronis will back up any drives that's you have installed I7-8700k,Corsair h1101 cooler ,Asus Strix Gaming Intel Z370 S11 motherboard, Corsair 32gb ramDD4,, gtx 1080ti Card, RM850 power supply Peter kelberg
May 14, 201412 yr with acronis you can test addons and not be afraid because it restores your hard drive exactly/identical as you left it. It's a restore program. I restore my hard drive and all sims in just a few mins, exactly the same.....with all activations/settings intact. buy it!
May 14, 201412 yr with acronis you can test addons and not be afraid because it restores your hard drive exactly/identical as you left it. It's a restore program. I restore my hard drive and all sims in just a few mins, exactly the same.....with all activations/settings intact. buy it! Which version of Acronis do you suggest? Ted
May 14, 201412 yr Which version of Acronis do you suggest? Ted Instead of Acronis, I think you will find AXTM much faster and more reliable. Or you could try Macrium Reflect which has a free version and a paid version. ax64.com
May 14, 201412 yr Which version of Acronis do you suggest? Ted acronis true image 2014 http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/
May 15, 201412 yr I restore my hard drive and all sims in just a few mins, exactly the same.....with all activations/settings intact Will this work even if I upgrade the pc (change the mobo, processor etc) or is it just good for the restore on the same one?
May 15, 201412 yr Will this work even if I upgrade the pc (change the mobo, processor etc) or is it just good for the restore on the same one? after an upgrade, just run the backup again.
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