Problems with my harddisk resulted in a loss of programs. So I have lost my great deal of my FSX flightsim. Trying to reinstall FSX with the original dvd's resulted in two possibilities: 

1. repair the FSX-program, but there is no FSX-program left on my harddisk;

2.  delete the installed files of FSX, but there are no files left on my harddisk.

Conculsion: the installation stops. Somewhere on my harddisk is something left or changed so that I can't reinstall my FSX. Register-problem? Windows-problem? 

Who can help me? 

Tomahawk

First off, I placed your topic in the correct forum!  I would believe you still have registry and other entries.  Does FSX show in your Control Panel/Install/remove programs?  If anything FSX shows there, you will need to click on "Remove".

It might be too late but I always recommend the following guide when installing/uninstalling FSX - https://support.precisionmanuals.com/kb/a87/how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-fsx.aspx.  This guide provides the files that need to be removed before reinstalling.  You state you tried the repair function and it did not work as FSX was not on your hard drive.  The repair option will not show up unless FSX is located on your hard disk.  Uninstall would not show up either.  Only the option to install.

 

Been there, done that (like most of us here, I guess). Hard drive problems may indicate an approaching EOL of the drive. There could also be bad sectors

Best option, imo: Toss the old drive and get a couple of new M.2 (or if that isn't an option on your mobo, two SATA SSDs - one for your OS and other sundry programmes and one for flight sim use exclusively). Format, do a clean Windows install on one drive and a fresh FSX one on the other. The repair option has never really worked for me. If you decide to do the hard yakka, make a list of everything you use on a regular basis off your old drive. Back up data and keep extensive notes of what's what. Once the pristine copy of Windows is in place you'll be amazed at how responsive the machine becomes. It also helps weed out old programmes that one almost never uses and are just lying there hogging resources.

It's drastic but worth it.

Edited November 11, 20196 yr by speedyTC